Douglas McCormick
Doug McCormick is a biology writer and editor. He was most recently editorial director of BioTechniques, a journal of life-science research methods, and was previously editor in chief Pharmaceutical Technology (covering drug manufacturing), founder of Physician Verification Services (online prescriber-authentication system), vice president of BioNetWork (e-commerce for research supplies), corporate director of science public policy at SmithKline Beecham, editorial director of Nature Publishing Company, and editor of Bio/Technology (now Nature Biotechnology).
Recent Articles By Douglas
Admirable Maggots?
by Douglas on September 26, 2009
New York, NY, Sept. 24--Some headlines just jump out at you...like this one, which popped out of a stack of PR Newswire press releases earlier this week: "Monarch Labs to demonstrate maggot therapy at Diabetic Limb Salvage (read on...)
NIH Requests Applications for $120 Million in Research Grants
by Douglas on June 29, 2009
A heads-up for Bitesize Bio readers: The U.S. National Institutes of Health last week issued Requests for Applications (RFAs) for approximately $120 million in grants to aid research on alcoholism, cancer biomarkers, fertility, (read on...)
NIH Awards $42 Million to Human Microbiome Projects
by Douglas on June 24, 2009
Bethesda, MD, Jun. 23 – Acting National Institutes of Health Director Raynard S. Kingston today announced grants to three centers and 15 research projects under the Human Microbiome Project. The five-year, $140-million (read on...)
