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As a commendable European law on personal data comes into force, the research community must not let excessive caution about data sharing, however understandable, become the default position.
The steady and careful development that has guided treatments using embryonic stem cells should be applied to therapies derived from adult stem cells, too.
A string of harassment cases at Chinese universities shows a system that is trying to address concerns and implement change, but still has some way to go.