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On episode nine, we discuss the value of the March for Science, a new NIH rule to limit the number of grants a single PI can hold and how to use pigs to help solve the global shortage of organs for transplants. Further information about the topics discussed can be found here: 1. March for Science and Activism https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/science/march-for-science-april-22.html?_r=0 http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/04/21/the-march-for-science 2. New NIH Rules http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/nih-impose-grant-cap-free-funds-more-investigators https://www.nature.com/news/nih-grant-limits-rile-biomedical-research-community-1.21949 3. Xenotransplantation and Pig products in biomedicine https://www.statnews.com/2017/04/06/crispr-pig-organs-transplant-luhan-yang/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/05/smithfield-pork-organ-transplants/524304/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603423/pig-human-organ-farming-doesnt-look-promising-yet/ The "bio-bag" paper is here: h