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Staff reports Pacific Daily News/USA TODAY Network Published 12:41 AM EDT Jun 13, 2019 A University of Guam engineering student is making strides in his field and will finish up a month-long training in Hawaii soon. Sophomore Nilo Espinoza, a School of Engineering student at UOG, was invited to participate in a summer research program in Hawaii designed to increase interest and proficiency among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in data science, a release from UOG states.  The program, called Supporting Pacific Indigenous Computing in Excellence, or SPICE, is being held at Chaminade University of Honolulu and led by the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin. More: Auditor: Repeal bonded warehouse provision for tobacco Espinoza is one of 25 other Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students participating. The students are learning how to use data science, visualization, and virtual reality on problem sets that incorporate geographically, … [Read more...] about UOG student attends data science program for Pacific Islanders

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Wednesday it is ending medical research by government scientists that uses human fetal tissue, overriding the advice of scientists who say it has led to life-saving medical advances and handing abortion opponents a major victory. The Health and Human Services Department said in a statement that government-funded research by universities that involves fetal tissue can continue for now, subject to additional scrutiny – although it also ended one major university project that used the tissue to test HIV treatments. The policy changes will not affect privately funded research, officials said. Ending the use of fetal tissue by the National Institutes of Health has been a priority for anti-abortion activists, a core element of President Donald Trump's political base. A senior administration official said it was the president's call. The official wasn't authorized to publicly discuss internal deliberations and spoke on condition of … [Read more...] about Trump halts fetal tissue research by government scientists

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Wednesday it is ending medical research by government scientists using human fetal tissue, overriding the advice of scientists that there's no other way to tackle some health problems and handing abortion opponents a major victory. The Health and Human Services Department said in a statement that government-funded research by universities that involves fetal tissue can continue, subject to additional scrutiny. The policy changes will not affect privately funded research, officials said. Fetal tissue is used in research on HIV and childhood cancers, treatments that enlist the body's immune system to battle cancer, and the hunt for a vaccine against the Zika virus, a cause of birth defects. The tissue from elective abortions would otherwise be discarded. Scientists use it to produce mice that model how the human immune system works. Ending the use of fetal tissue by the National Institutes of Health has been a priority for anti-abortion … [Read more...] about White House ends fetal tissue research by federal scientists