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First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine

Researchers from the Nabel laboratory at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) developed a synthetic nanoparticle flu vaccine that showed much higher effectiveness in both mice and ferrets compared with the standard seasonal ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 24 2013]

Entities: Nanoparticle, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Di..., Vaccine

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Oregon

Cloning Human Embryos

Last week researchers at Oregon Health and Science announced they had made human embryo clones using skin cells. The technique was similar to the one used to clone Dolly , the sheep, almost 20 years ago. Why has it taken so long to clone humans? ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 21 2013]

Entities: Cloning, Embryo, Oregon

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Monsanto Company

Indiana Farmer Vernon Bowman Loses Lawsuit to Monsanto

Back in February the Supreme Court heard arguments from farmer Vernon Bowman on why he didn't need to pay royalties to Monsanto for growing their patented GMO soybeans that have been genetically modified to be resistant to the pesticide in Round-Up. ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 14 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Lawsuit, Genetically Modified, Soybean, Pesticide

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

One-Step Generation of Transgenic Mice in Just Weeks

The lab of Rudolf Jaenisch , who developed the first transgenic mouse in 1974, has developed a new approach to genetically engineer mice in just weeks, rather than years which are currently needed. This new technique does not rely on engineering embryonic ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 07 2013]

Entities: Transgenic, embryonic, Rudolf Jaenisch

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Leading Researchers Emphasize Need to Regulate Stem Cell Therapy

Thirteen of the world's leading stem cell researchers just published a statement in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Journal expressing alarm about initiatives to deregulate stem cell therapies. Recent actions by the Italian government ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 04 2013]

Entities: Stem Cell, Cell Therapy, Molecular Biology, Precipitate

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

What Effect Will the Myriad Ruling Have on Biotech?

Much has been made of the importance of the lawsuit brought by the Association of Molecular Pathology and the ACLU against Myriad Genetics over the BRCA patents. The case was just heard by the Supreme Court and some feel a decision in favor of Myriad's ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Biotechnology, Myriad Genetics Inc, Patent, Molecular Pathology

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Day 3 of the 2013 BIO Conference

Session on Obamacare's Impact on Biotech I started off the conference on Wednesday attending a session discussing the Affordable Care Act . The new law brings up some concerns for biotech businesses since the act significantly affects which drugs ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Biotechnology, Drugs, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Second Day of the 2013 BIO Conference

Tuesday, the first full day of the 2013 BIO Conference, included a whole day of One-on-One partnering sessions. These are essentially short 25-minute "speed-dating" meetings designed to help companies find business partners. Over 25,000 such partnering ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Apr 24 2013]

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Day 1 of 2013 BIO Conference

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) kicked off its 20th annual conference on Monday in Chicago, although there were a few satellite courses on Sunday and the BioGENEius Awards honoring winners of a research competition for high school ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Biotechnology Industry Organization, Chicago

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Patenting Human Genes

The US Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether Salt Lake City based Myriad Genetics' should be allowed to maintain exclusive rights patents on the BRCA genes that indicate ... Read Full Post ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Myriad Genetics Inc, US Supreme Court, Patent

First reported Apr 09 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

Researchers Rally for Medical Research in Washington

The Rally for Medical Research, as mentioned in the post a few days ago, was held today with the purpose of bringing attention to the declining level funding for medical research in the US. ... Read Full Post ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Apr 09 2013]

Entities: Declination

First reported Apr 04 2013 - Updated Apr 04 2013 - 1 reports

Slow Steady Progress against Cancer and the Rally for Medical Research

The annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) starts this Saturday in Washington, D.C. The meeting is expected to draw close to 20,000 attendees who focus on improving the understanding of cancer biology and researching ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Apr 04 2013]

Entities: Cancer, Biology, Washington DC

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Diabetes Cure for the Dogs [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Feb 08 2013]
Incomplete Consent in the NIH Stem Cell Registry [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Feb 08 2013]
Addressing Malnutrition on a Global Scale with ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Feb 05 2013]
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Safely Access Your Genetic Profile on Your Smar... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - Jan 26 2013]
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Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 24 2013] Researchers from the Nabel laboratory at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) developed a synthetic nanoparticle flu vaccine that showed much higher effectiveness in both mice and ferrets compared with the standard seasonal ...
Cloning Human Embryos [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 21 2013] Last week researchers at Oregon Health and Science announced they had made human embryo clones using skin cells. The technique was similar to the one used to clone Dolly , the sheep, almost 20 years ago. Why has it taken so long to clone humans? ...
Indiana Farmer Vernon Bowman Loses Lawsuit to M... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 14 2013] Back in February the Supreme Court heard arguments from farmer Vernon Bowman on why he didn't need to pay royalties to Monsanto for growing their patented GMO soybeans that have been genetically modified to be resistant to the pesticide in Round-Up. ...
One-Step Generation of Transgenic Mice in Just ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 07 2013] The lab of Rudolf Jaenisch , who developed the first transgenic mouse in 1974, has developed a new approach to genetically engineer mice in just weeks, rather than years which are currently needed. This new technique does not rely on engineering embryonic ...
Leading Researchers Emphasize Need to Regulate ... [Published About.com Biotech / Biomedical - May 04 2013] Thirteen of the world's leading stem cell researchers just published a statement in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Journal expressing alarm about initiatives to deregulate stem cell therapies. Recent actions by the Italian government ...