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The key to treatments for autism and schizophrenia could lie in the brains of recently deceased children. To make advances, researchers need access to an international bank of donated material.
Political maps that seek to advance disputed territorial claims have no place in scientific papers. Researchers should keep relationships cordial by depoliticizing their work.
Research into cloned human cells has left the spectre of past scientific fraud behind. But reaction to the earlier work still holds worthwhile lessons.