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OC Marathon: Runner uses 'Hope' to press on
It's tremendously fitting that an inspirational half-marathon runner in Sunday's OC Marathon has the first name of Hope. Hope Zayas, a 42-year-old Costa Mesa resident, has used hope amid great despair in the form of breast cancer over the past year...
Tags: Health Treatments, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Science and Technology, Road Running
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High school baseball: Clay scores six with two outs in win over Adams
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Clay High baseball coach Chad Hudnall wasn’t on hand at Clay Field to watch his Colonials beat Adams, 7-5, Monday in high school baseball action. Hudnall’s presence, though, was felt in the fight the Colonials displayed in...Tags: Health Treatments, Sports, Science and Technology, Butterfly Ballots, Chemotherapy
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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: Chemical Industry, University of Florida, Cancer, Genetics, Biotechnology Industry
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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: Medical Research, Chemical Industry, Boston, Biotechnology Industry, Massachusetts General Hospital
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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, Biotechnology Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests, Stephen Breyer
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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, Biotechnology Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests, Stephen Breyer
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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: Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, John G. Roberts, Jr., Lawyers, Symptoms
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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: Chemical Industry, Health Organizations, Vaccines, Medical Research, Ovarian Cancer
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When life threw her curve, Bishop Moore coach's wife exuded strength
WINTER PARK — The scenery along the Connecticut River in Ascutney, Vt., is calling Gail Occhialini. The place where her family enjoys annual camping trips represents the future for Bishop Moore softball coach Dave Occhialini's wife as she...
Tags: Health Treatments, Cancer, Sports, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics
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Bald Jessica Sanchez tells viewers: 'I can be strong through this'
Staff writerTraffic reporter Jessica Sanchez, now bald, returned briefly Tuesday to WKMG-Channel 6's morning news to discuss her battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She shared footage of her head being shaved Saturday. Her hair had been falling out from...Tags: Health Treatments, Science and Technology, Chemotherapy
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Hilary Koprowski dies at 96; developed oral vaccine for polio
Hilary Koprowski, a Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccine for polio, has died. He was 96. Koprowski died of pneumonia April 11 at his Philadelphia home, said his son, Dr. Christopher Koprowski, a radiation oncologist....
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Polio, Centocor Incorporated, Chemical Industry
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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: Herring, Chemical Industry, National Institutes of Health, Vaccines, Technology
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