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Avera building $11M cancer center
Avera St. Luke's Hospital plans to build an $11 million cancer center at least five times as big as its current cancer facility. The center would allow Avera to offer expanded services, help attract cancer specialists to the area and solidify Aberdeen'...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Physical Therapy, Personal Service, Healthcare Provider, Politics
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Cancer treatment facility to be named after Don and Carmen Meyer
Two of Aberdeen's most well-known residents, Don and Carmen Meyer, will spearhead fundraising efforts for a proposed new $11 million Avera St. Luke's cancer facility in Aberdeen, as well as financially support it. The new facility will bear their names....Tags: Chemotherapy, Healthcare Provider, Medical Specialization, Basketball, Science and Technology
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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: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: John G. Roberts, Jr., Judges, Invention and Innovation, Biology, Medical Specialization
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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: Biology, Invention and Innovation, Judges, Medical Specialization, Car Guides and Reviews
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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: Ovarian Cancer, John G. Roberts, Jr., Invention and Innovation, Science and Technology, American Civil Liberties Union
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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: Invention and Innovation, Genetics, Politics, Women's Health, Medical Research
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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: Sports, Chemotherapy, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Leukemia
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Vertex posts quarterly loss as hepatitis C drug sales fall
ReutersApril 30 (Reuters) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc on Tuesday reported a fourth successive quarterly loss as sales of its hepatitis C drug, Incivek, continued to plunge, but the biotechnology company raised its forecast for sales of a cystic fibrosis drug...Tags: Hepatitis C , Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Biotechnology Industry, Science and Technology, Chemical Industry
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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: Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Rabies, Preventative Medicine
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Targacept completes recruitment of patients for Alzheimer's study
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Targacept Inc. said Monday it has completed the recruitment of patients in the Phase 2b study of the drug compound TC-1734 as a treatment for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. The Winston-Salem biotechnology company expects to report top-line...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Schizophrenia, Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Trials
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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: Butterfly Ballots, Chemotherapy, Sports, High School Sports, Science and Technology
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