MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'criminal investigation'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:31:58 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197363&cid=t_226448_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F-g6Xl-GN_ZM%2F Perhaps this is a coincidence. But after months of sour news about the performance of his FDA unit, Terry Vermillion yesterday announced to FDA staff that he is retiring next month as the head of the agency’s Office of Criminal Investigation. An FDA spokesman acknowledged the retirement, but declined to comment. The move comes after the US General Accountability Office issued a report earlier this year that found the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigation suffers from lax oversight, despite increased in funding and staffing over the past decade (here is the report). That followed criticism two years ago by House Republicans who expressed concern the OCI was overly emphasizing drug-abuse cases instead of pursuing researchers and drugmakers that commit crimes when seeking approval fo... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197363 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:18:28 +0100 4197363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074447&cid=t_226448_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FZIxbuK-7Dec%2F Last March, the US General Accountability Office issued a report that found the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigation suffers from lax oversight, despite increased in funding and staffing over the past decade. And the GAO also concluded the FDA “has relied largely on the OCI director to determine which aspects of OCI’s operations and investigations are made known to FDA’s top management.” The effort was undertaken in response to a request by US Senator Chuck Grassley, who has now written a follow-up Sept. 16 letter to Gene Dodaro, the GAO’s acting comptroller general, over concerns that the findings in the GAO report “were less than stellar” after hearing from an unnamed whistleblower who charged the agency report was compromised by a mole. “I am not... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074447 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:27:28 +0100 4074447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767121&cid=t_226448_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F19%2Fkreitchman-pet-center-at-columbia-university-cut-corners%2F In a little-noticed article over at The New York Times late last week, Benedict Carey noted how one of Columbia University’s premier research centers — the Kreitchman PET Center — had to halt all of its research studies because researchers were caught cutting corners. Not just once, but over and over again. We’re not talking about flubbing up statistical data here. We’re talking about creating and administering improper, impure drugs to research participants. Drugs that may not only harm patients, but could even impact the researcher’s findings. (And researchers then wonder why it’s so hard to get research subjects…) What is the Kreitchman PET Center? It is (or was) the nation’s leading research organization using positron emission tomo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767121 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:30:50 +0100 3767121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2194950&cid=t_226448_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geneticsandhealth.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2Freconstructing-a-face-through-dna-analysis%2F Forensics and criminal investigations now routinely include using the DNA to identify a person - missing, dead or a criminal suspect – by matching with other DNA samples on the scene or a database. Obviously, this technology becomes limited when there is no database or DNA to match with. But now, it is possible to actually draw a person’s face using a DNA sample! Called “forensic molecular photofitting”, the process uses mapped genes that are linked to skin pigmentation and facial structure to reconstruct facial features and skin tones. The process was used to help identify a serial killer in Baton Rouge, reports Dr. Mark Shriver at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago. Shriver used the technology to identify the race of the suspect, De... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2194950 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:08:00 +0100 2194950