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A health-oriented ARPA could help the U.S. address challenges like antimicrobial resistance

…serve its customer – the Department of Defense – by developing groundbreaking defense technologies and data analysis techniques. Nevertheless, DARPA operates separately from its parent organization. This is also true…

05.25.21 | 6 min read
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Nominee for OSTP director – Dr. Eric Lander – sees key federal role for creating and sharing synthetic biology toolkits, best practices

…member organizations. Any proposed standards are reviewed and voted on by the entire membership. If there are any negative votes, open forum meetings are convened to discuss why those organizations…

05.11.21 | 5 min read
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FAS Announces Organ Procurement Organization Innovation Cohort

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), with financial support from Schmidt Futures, announced that six organ procurement organizations (OPOs) have joined the FAS Organ Procurement Organization…

05.04.21 | 3 min read
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The Local Innovation Unit: Achieving National Goals Through Local Experimentation

…approach focuses on empowering coalitions of social innovators at the local level—including local governments, private-sector businesses, community-based organizations, philanthropists, and universities—to design and test solutions that work for their communities….

04.07.21 | 1 min read
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Strengthening the Economy, Health, & Climate Security through Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems

Introduction For those who can afford to fill their fridge by clicking a button on their smartphone or walking around to the organic grocery around the corner, it is easy…

04.05.21 | 4 min read
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