US supreme court rules human genes cannot be patented
Guardian Science
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In Britain, a haven for academic refugees
Herald Tribune
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Ruslan Medzhitov wins Else Kröner Fresenius Award
Ruslan Medzhitov has received the Else Kröner Fresenius Award. The award winner was identified in very close cooperation with the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS). The award commemorates the 25th anniversary of the death of Else Kröner, who established the foundation in 1983, dedicating it to the support of medical research and humanitarian projects.
Supporting a collaborative European Child Cohort
Barcelona, May 28th 2013.- High level support is needed for a collaborative European Birth Cohort, a permanent Europe-wide data resource containing individual-level information about child health and exposures from existing and new European cohorts. This will strengthen child health research, and support translation of its findings for development of public health priorities and policies at the European level.
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New Crew Members Complete Safe Trip
International Space Station
Six hours after launching their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer
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Investing in knowledge to give our Country a future
On April 29 2013, Barack Obama left his busy political agenda to go to speak to the members of the National Academy of Science (NAS) at their annual meeting. He went there after being reelected to remind them that the President of the United Sates is well aware that science and technology are extremely important for America and he wanted to personally pass on this message, highlighting that in a moment of serious economic difficulty the country cannot cut research
Dr Wild re-elected
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has the pleasure of announcing the re-election of Dr Christopher Wild as Director of this specialized cancer research agency of the World Health Organization (WHO). The IARC Governing Council, made up of representatives of 24 Participating States plus the Director-General of WHO, reappointed Dr Wild for a second five-year term at its annual meeting in Lyon on May 16–17, 2013.
GMO in Europe in 2008
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by redazione on 20 May, 2013 - 15:18Biology
GMO in Europe from 2005 to 2008. Spain in 2005 was at the top in Europe. But from 2006 other country raise: Romania, France and Czech Republic. No change in other country.
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Savings through open access
di Pietro Greco
The scientific community produces and offers original articles. The scientific community ensures peer review, a critical and anonymous analysis by experts and colleagues. The scientific community, lastly, buys the magazines. It's quite absurd - says Michael Eisen, an American - that the scientific community does everything and then only few others gain from this.
Angelina Jolie and the dilemmas of the genetic screenings
Financial Times
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