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Weekly reads: Heidi Overton FDA commish nominee, NASA stem cells, aged brain organoids, cautious Nature iPS cell editorial

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The question of the week might be: who is Heidi Overton?

I've been wondering who the new FDA commissioner might be for months.

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White House policy official and physician-scientist Heidi Overton […] The post Weekly reads: The question of the week might be: who is Heidi Overton? I've been wondering who the new FDA commissioner might be for months.

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The question of the week might be: who is Heidi Overton? I've been wondering who the new FDA commissioner might be for months. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, and Tracy Hoeg all left in the spring.

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