Choosing our Science

Designer babies: choosing our children's genes.

Protecting our science.

In response to a recent court decision, the Annals of Occupational Hygiene is reviewing our procedures to ensure transparency in authorship and direct and indirect conflicts of interest. These improvements are intended to help protect the integrity of the science presented in the journal.

Editorial Protecting Our Science

On 6 June 2013, a court in New York City handed down a decision that calls into question the validity of research that was sponsored by Georgia Pacific (GP) Corporation (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) and published in eight peer-reviewed articles, including two papers published in the Annals of Occupational Hygiene (Sheehan et al., 2011; Berman et al., 2012). While the court did not d...

Choosing a career in Science and Technology∗

Student choice is the center of many discussions about higher education policy. At the same time, and regardless of the emphasis put on achieving an important endowment of graduates trained in science and engineering, participation in these fields is stagnated or declining. Evidence suggests that the provision of additional scholarships for science and engineering students or abolishing the tui...

Science and Our Nation's Future.

Science and our Nation's Future: DL ARTHUR H. ALEXANDER and GRETA LANDWEHR. Deamination COMPTON ................... 207 of Amino Acids by the Human Oral Flora; Its Role The Concept of Integrative Levels and Biology: DR in Dental Caries Immunity: DR. ROBERT G. KESEL, ALEX B. NOVIKOFF ............. 209 JOSEPH F. 0 'DONNELL and ERNST R. KIRCH. The Obituary: Preparation of Highly Purified PR8 Influ...