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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: Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, American Civil Liberties Union, Drugs and Medicines, Stephen Breyer
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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: Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Ovarian Cancer, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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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: Science and Technology, Invention and Innovation, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Biotechnology Industry
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With rare chickweed in bloom, ecologists gather in Baltimore to celebrate biodiversity
Leading a tour of the Soldiers Delight area of western Baltimore County on Sunday afternoon, Paula Becker, an ecologist with Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, was pleased to report the first blooming of serpentine chickweed — a plant as...
Tags: Science and Technology, Marine Science, State Parks, Baltimore County, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland)
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Seminar series attracts young champ who's hooked on fishing
Last summer, Anna Estremsky competed in the first-ever Youth Angler of the Year contest hosted by the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association. In the association's seasonal magazine, Tidelines, Anna was pictured with a 37-pound rockfish and the...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Hersheypark, Annapolis, Ocean City, Newspaper and Magazine
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Outdoors: St. Joseph River continues to surprise
South Bend Tribune“You never know what you’re gonna catch out of the St. Joseph River.” It’s been said many times, and likely similar sentiments were shared with the Potawatomi and Miami Indians who once roamed its shores. But I bet they never...Tags: Science and Technology, Auction Service, Foods and Beverages, Game, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Wolf Numbers Decline 50 Percent in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
Channel 2 NewsYukon-Charlie Rivers National Preserve, one of Alaska’s most remote national parks is entering spring with half the number of wolves it had last fall. The state’s predator control program is being cited as a contributing factor. The Park...Tags: Science and Technology, National Parks
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Stephen Hawking talks about unified theory and his biggest 'blunder'
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Humans are on the cusp of discovering how the universe works on its biggest and smallest scales, Stephen Hawking said during a lecture Tuesday in Los Angeles. The renowned theoretical physicist made his name studying black holes, massive structures that...Tags: Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Cosmology, University of Cambridge, Science
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Pheasant harvest decreases
1.4 million ringnecks bagged this past season WINNER - About 1.4 million pheasants were bagged by hunters in South Dakota during the 2012 season, down from 2011 and 2010 numbers. “Obviously, 1.4 million was a bit of a disappointment, but it was...Tags: Science and Technology, Watertown, Hunting, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Allentown students can get guaranteed admission to Bloomsburg
Valley 610Allentown School District students can be guaranteed admission to Bloomsburg University as part of a new parternship between the schools. Here are the details, as provided by the school district: ASD students will be guaranteed admission, and will have... -
Cicada Spectacle Returns After 17 Years
Sometime in coming weeks, in one of the grand spectacles in all of nature, an insect called the periodical cicada will appear by the millions in much of central Connecticut after spending the past 17 years underground. "It is amazing to see millions and...
Tags: Science and Technology, West Hartford, Suffield, Periodicals, Rocky Hill
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News briefs for April 11
Area resident receives alumni award BLACKSBURG, Va., — January Haile, of Danville, has been awarded the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award for the Department of Biochemistry in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. Haile...
Tags: The Ohio State University, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Relay for Life, Prisons
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