WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seems worried about the idea of companies getting patents for genes found inside the human body. Justices on Monday grappled with whether to overturn Myriad Genetics Inc.’s patents on two genes linked to increased risk ...
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March 18, 2013
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As it continues to diversify in the face of reduced defense spending, the Lockheed Martin Corp., of Bethesda, the world’s largest defense contractor, announced that it has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for Perforene, ...
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January 17, 2013
Comments Off on Cancer center at University of Md. topped out
The $200 million Maryland Proton Treatment Center at the University of Maryland BioPark held a topping out ceremony Thursday on the city’s West Side.
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Read More »YORKTOWN, Va. — Researchers in Virginia are keeping an eye on red algae blooms in the Chesapeake Bay. The blooms suck oxygen from the water. That makes it difficult for marine life to survive. They are driven by warm water ...
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Read More »Baltimoreans have a new tool for keeping track of water conditions in the harbor and other city waterways. Blue Water Baltimore says it is monitoring water conditions at 30 sites and posting the results online. Samples taken from the locations ...
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Read More »GORNJI MILANOVAC, Serbia — Two small boys from a central Serbian town are able to attract metal objects, acting much like human magnets, according to their mother. It’s a claim that is raising doubts among some experts. Sanja Petrovic, the ...
Read More »Some of the world’s top animal-disease researchers are converging in Baltimore to talk about biological safety. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s International Biosafety and Biocontainment Symposium runs Monday through Wednesday at the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor. Topics include the challenges of ...
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