After a 23 year-old patient at MD Anderson Cancer Center died from complications stemming from a platelet transfusion that was contaminated with gram negative coccobacilli, hospital officials are revising internal protocols to demonstrate compliance with federal regulations.
The White House Office of Management and Budget has published a “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” a proposed rule that seeks to fundamentally redraw the ground rules for all federally funded research. On the other side are America’s scientists who aren’t just crying foul—they are readying for a political fight.
