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Altamonte Springs cook sent to death row hopes new DNA clears him
SANFORD — DNA helped send Clemente Javier "Shorty" Aguirre to death row in 2006 for murdering an Altamonte Springs neighbor and her wheelchair-bound mother. Now a team of attorneys hopes to use a new round of DNA tests to set him free. Aguirre,...
Tags: Lake Mary, Altamonte Springs, Justice System, House Building, Lawyers
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Chevron to appeal imprisonment of Indonesia contractor
ReutersBy Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil firm Chevron on Wednesday criticised the sentencing of one of its Indonesian subcontractors to five years in jail for breaching environmental laws, citing irregularities in the investigation and trial,...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Justice System, Prisons, Science and Technology, Indonesia
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CORRECTED-Chevron criticises imprisonment of Indonesian contractor
Reuters(Corrects headline and first paragraph saying Chevron itself would appeal) By Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil firm Chevron on Wednesday criticised the sentencing of one of its Indonesian subcontractors to five years in jail for breaching...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Justice System, Prisons, Science and Technology, Indonesia
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Biotech firms evolve from targets to acquirers
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) * Skyrocketing valuations quash talks * With financing available, many biotechs go it alone * Bankers expect steady flow of $1 bln to $5 bln pharma deals By...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Banking, Science and Technology, Technology, Chemical Industry
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Researchers develop 'nanotrain' for targeted cancer drug transport
University of Florida researchers have developed a "DNA nanotrain" that fast-tracks its payload of cancer-fighting drugs and bioimaging agents to tumor cells deep within the body. The nanotrain's ability to cost-effectively deliver high doses of drugs...Tags: Chemotherapy, Science and Technology, Technology, Chemical Industry, Leukemia
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Don't Label Genetically Engineered Food
The Hartford CourantThe recent call for labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients — especially on a state-by-state basis as in Connecticut — is unnecessary, unrealistic and uninformed. As someone who grew up and attended college in...Tags: Health Organizations, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology, Technology
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Ohio officials: Ariel Castro fathered baby born in captivity
Ariel Castro, accused of kidnapping and raping three women held captive for years in his Cleveland house, is the father of the child born in captivity to one of the victims, officials said Friday morning. State officials received a DNA sample from...Tags: Kidnapping, Justice System, Crime Victims, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Amgen aims to restock its medicine cabinet
Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops medicines used in the treatment of cancer, kidney disease, arthritis, bone disease and other serious illnesses. The Thousand Oaks company's top-selling products include arthritis medication Enbrel,...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Osteoporosis, Erythropoietin, Technology, Science and Technology
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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: Justice System, Science and Technology, American Civil Liberties Union, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Medical Procedures and Tests
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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: National Institutes of Health, Science and Technology, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Chemical Industry
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Why genetic patents are good for patients [Blowback]
In their April 12 Op-Ed article "Who should own DNA? All of us," Marcy Darnovsky and Karuna Jaggar write about Myriad's patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2, the so-called breast cancer genes (which were under review Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court), as if they...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Medical Procedures and Tests, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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The Supreme Court looks at gene patents, worries about biotech
When the Supreme Court took up the question Monday of whether genes could be patented, the justices were clearly concerned about preserving innovation in medicine and biotechnology. But the issue presented by Myriad Genetics' patents on the BRCA genes...
Tags: Symptoms, Awards and Prizes, Justice System, Nobel Prize Awards, Technology
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