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Science 18 April 2003:
Vol. 300. no. 5618, p. 403
DOI: 10.1126/science.300.5618.403
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POLITICS AND BIOMEDICINE:
Studies of Gay Men, Prostitutes Come Under Scrutiny

Jocelyn Kaiser

Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services conducted a site visit of an investigator at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), whose studies of sex workers have been the target of a recent inquiry by Congress. Although there is no hard evidence that the inquiry and the site visit are linked, the events have concerned researchers at UCSF and some in government who worry that the Bush Administration and congressional Republicans are intensifying their scrutiny of research on sensitive topics.

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