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U.S. Public Divided Over GM, Organic Food
The American public is almost evenly divided about the benefits of genetically-modified and organic food, with those divisions not breaking along easily defined or familiar lines.
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Biotech to Earn Up to $1 Billion from Synthetic Peptides
A biotechnology enterprise designing synthetic peptides to treat a range of diseases could gain up to $1 billion or more in a licensing deal with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
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Stem Cell Therapy Shows Early Results with Multiple Myeloma
First results from an early clinical trial show some patients with multiple myeloma receiving replacement blood-forming stem cells achieved at least a partial response and did not suffer severe adverse effects.
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Room-Temperature Vaccine Storage Techniques Devised
Vaccines against viral diseases today need to be kept refrigerated to prevent spoilage, which raises costs and often prevents their widespread use in many developing regions. A team of materials scientists at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, or EPFL, proposes methods for storing vaccines without refrigeration for many days.
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Company Launches to Discover Gut-Brain Therapies
A California Institute of Technology biologist is starting a new enterprise to discover treatments for neurological disorders through pathways originating in the gut.
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Small Business Grant Funding Retractable Flood Walls
A University at Buffalo graduate student in engineering took an idea for space-efficient flood control walls to protect waterfront properties, and started a company to take the idea to market.
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Regeneron, Children’s National Partner on Rare Diseases
Regeneron Genetics Center and Children’s National Health System have begun studying thousands of genetic profiles to better understand the causes of rare and undiagnosed disorders.
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Biodegradable Capsule Designed for Hemophilia Drug
A chemical engineering group designed a capsule to deliver blood coagulating proteins for people with hemophilia B who now require injections or infusions.
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Liquid Biopsy Better Detects Lung Cancer Mutations
Tests of blood and urine from patients with a common form of lung cancer show these liquid biopsies more accurately identified cancer-causing mutations than traditional tissue sample biopsies.
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Another Thanksgiving Tradition
24 November 2015. Today begins Thanksgiving weekend in the United States, a day of family gatherings, feasting, football, and (for some) shopping. Last year was also the 50th anniversary of the counterculture anthem for Thanksgiving, Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant, a song about Thanksgiving and a lot more. And as we did last year, here’s Arlo…