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Supreme Court considers gene patents; scientists react
As the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case against Myriad Genetics, scientists who are skeptical of the idea of patenting genes said they were hopeful that the justices would overturn the Utah company's claims. "I was on pins and needles...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Biology, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, U.S. Supreme Court
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Supreme Court critical of patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a scientist can hold a patent on human genes and prevent others from testing or using them. “What about the first person who found a...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Judges, Invention and Innovation, Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union
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Supreme Court to consider validity of patents on genes
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear an appeal Monday from breast cancer patients and medical researchers who say the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made a mistake when it granted a Utah company an exclusive right to profit from testing genes...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Judges, Invention and Innovation, Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union
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Can a company patent your DNA? Supreme Court hears BRCA gene case
Los Angeles TimesCan a private company own rights to your DNA? The nine justices of the Supreme Court will consider that question Monday as lawyers for Myriad Genetics make their best case that the company should be able to keep its patent on two genes known to...Tags: Chemical Industry, Judges, Justice System, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, American Civil Liberties Union
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Murder trial shifts to woman's body found in Elkridge backyard
When Howard County authorities said they found the badly decomposed remains of Christine Jarrett beneath a shed in her own backyard, they moved swiftly to charge her husband — long a suspect — with the murder. That discovery — two...
Tags: Identification Technology, Chemical Industry, Defendants, Justice System, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Bioengineered rat kidney could lead to treatments for people
A team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has engineered functional rat kidneys by stripping donor kidneys of their cells and then repopulating the remaining collagen substructures with new cells. The bioengineered kidneys produced...
Tags: Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Biotechnology
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Who should own DNA? All of us
Most court cases involving patent law are corporate battles, with one company suing another for infringing on its intellectual property rights and, therefore, profits. Big companies fighting over big money can seem painfully irrelevant, especially when so...
Tags: Politics, Human Rights, Health Organizations, Preventative Medicine, Biology
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Man arrested in connection with slaying of San Bernardino woman
The investigation into the slayings of three women in San Bernardino, all elderly and attacked while alone in their homes, caught its first major break, police said Monday. A neighborhood handyman was arrested in connection with the violent, home-...Tags: Chemical Industry, Crimes, Sex Crimes, Police Arrests, Sexual Assault
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Handyman arrested in slaying of San Bernardino woman, 76
San Bernardino police arrested a neighborhood handyman in connection with the violent, home-invasion slaying of a 76-year-old woman in November, authorities said Monday, adding that the suspect could also possibly be linked to two other elderly women...
Tags: Lotteries, Chemical Industry, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault, Murder
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Can Anthony Caravella ever get true justice?
Anthony Caravella spent nearly 26 years in prison for a 1983 murder he didn't commit. He can't get that time back. But a federal jury ruled Caravella should get $7 million from two former Miramar cops who railroaded him. If there was true justice in the...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Chemical Industry, Interior Policy
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Notre Dame researcher: Asian carp may have reached Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, but there's still time to stop the dreaded invaders from becoming established and unraveling food chains that support a $7 billion fishing...Tags: Conservation, Chemical Industry, Lakes and Ponds, Judges, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Caravella verdict draws U.S. Justice Department's attention
When jurors decided last week that two retired police officers should pay $7 million for framing a mentally challenged Broward teen for a murder that sent him to prison for close to 26 years, it set off a strong response. Dozens of Sun Sentinel readers...
Tags: Broward County, Chemical Industry, Justice System, Tamarac, Prisons
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