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Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Dated to about 700,000 years old, the new findings shed light on the evolution of Homo floresiensis, the so-called 'Hobbits' of Flores whose remains were uncovered in 2003 at Liang Bua cave in the island's west.

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EPA publishes draft Meaningful Involvement Policy

Agency IQ

The Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft of its Meaningful Involvement Policy, an update of a 2003 policy, which seeks to improve the interactions of the agency with stakeholders about agency actions.

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How Broad’s summer research programs have helped launched careers in STEM

Broad Institute

BSRP and BSSP, since 2003 and 2013 respectively, have taught students research and laboratory skills and helped them feel a sense of belonging in STEM.

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Atlas Venture 2023 Year In Review

LifeSciVC

We then shift to the venture ecosystem and the broader capital markets, highlighting the parallels with twenty years ago, post the genomics bubble in 2002-2003. As usual, we close with a brief update on Atlas itself.

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Injection-Related Injuries in People Who Inject Drugs: Skin and Soft Tissue Infection, Vascular Damage, and Wounds

Common Sense for Drug Policy Blog

The number of injection-related admissions increased 33% per year from 1997 and 1998 through 2003 and 2004. 8 According to the Hospital Episode Statistics for England 1997–2016, about 6% (n = 63,671) of SSTIs and vascular infections are injection related. 9 The most common causes were cutaneous abscess, phlebitis, and cellulitis.

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Adulteration of MDMA in the Unregulated Market

Common Sense for Drug Policy Blog

Refstad, 2003 ) but were rarely detected in our sample ( n= 3), the last time in 2012. Two related designer drugs, the substituted amphetamines paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA) and paramethoxymethamphetamine (PMMA), have been singled out in the literature as particularly toxic (e.g.,

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OPDP Issues First Regulatory Action Letter of 2022

Eye on FDA

Eye on FDA maintains a database that contains the results of Warning and Untitled letters issued by OPDP going back through 2003. Warning Letters can be found performing a search here , while Untitled Letters are listed here. It includes 352 letters covering over 450 communications vehicles and over 1100 violations.

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