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Newark High School Students and Research Scientists Discuss Challenges of Making Medicines

Published in MD Week, June 20th, 2008

More than 75 Newark high school students and teachers today probe the challenges and complexities of making medicines when they interact with research scientists in a roundtable discussion sponsored by RxeSEARCH, a new educational program about the drug discovery process.

The students come from five Newark high schools: Arts, East Side, West Side, University and Weequahic. They are piloting the educational curriculum developed by the National Science Resources Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian and the National Academy of Sciences, in partnership with 11 school districts in five states and the pharmaceutical industry.

In the event at Newark's...

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Source: MD Week (2008-06-20)

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