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Outsourcing Science to Keep Results Untainted

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Miller-McCune - By Matt Kettmann - Dec. 12 (Special Report) - As demonstrated by California's rigs-to-reef process, state governments are using nonprofit organizations to conduct research that will guide future policy without being tainted by it.

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Two Leading Biotech Pubs Highlight Pressure BioSciences

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

finance.yahoo.com - Aug. 15 (News) - Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO - News) ) today announced that two leading biotechnology publications with worldwide readership and importance have highlighted the Company's pressure cycling technology ("PCT") platform in their August issues. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News ("GEN") and Expert Review of Proteomics.

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Stem cell division

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Salon - By Peter Dizikes - May. 11 (Special Report) - No sooner had Obama issued his order than conservative lawmakers in state legislatures began proposing new restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, ranging from criminal penalties to bans on state-level funding. In fact, Obama's decision has emboldened conservatives to increasingly link stem cell research to abortion. Far from conceding the issue, they are in it for the long haul.

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Thailand: The future of stem cell research?

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Patrick Winn - Mar. 24 (News Report) - In Thailand, worlds away from the political din surrounding stem cells in America, more and more parents are choosing to bank the cord blood of their newborns to use, perhaps, in future medical treatments. Thailand could be well-positioned to cash in on the trend, as the business of storing stem cells relies on two factors: high birth rates and a class of moneyed parents. Thailand, already a regional healthcare mecca, has both.

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Obesity Caught Like Common Cold

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

LiveScience - By Robert Roy Britt - Jan. 26 (News Report) - Yet another claim that a common and contagious virus is linked to some cases of obesity is in the news today. Studies on humans show that 33 per cent of obese adults had contracted an adenovirus called AD-36 at some point in their lives, according to an article in the UK's Daily Express, whereas only 11 per cent of lean men and women have had the virus.

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New Jersey & Stem Cells on National Review Online

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:56:02 -0700

National Review - By Charlie Spiering - Oct. 30 (Special Report) - New Jersey has been paving the road for embryonic-stem-cell research since 2004, when then-Governor James McGreevey (D.) signed into law the most permissive legislation in the nation for embryonic-stem-cell research. It permits cloning, the destruction of human embryos, and even "fetus farming" for experimentation. In December 2005, New Jersey became the first state to finance research using human embryonic stem cells, as legislators boasted that they were overcoming President's Bush's veto of federal funding for the research.

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Stem Cell Fight Comes On Day Of Stem Cell Breakthrough

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:43:17 -0700

WUSA9.COM - Jun. 07 (News Report) - A Fairfax, Virginia man suffering from Parkinson's Disease for 17 years made his way to Capitol Hill Thursday to watch a signing ceremony for a medical research bill passed only hours before. Karl Robb is an advocate of the bill that would provide federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, but he knows President Bush has threatened a veto and knows that supporters of the legislation do not have enough votes to override that veto.

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Pesticides exposure associated with Parkinson's disease

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:55:54 -0800

MedicineNews.net - By Harvard School of Public Health - Dec. 27 (News Report) - In the first large-scale, prospective study to examine possible links between chronic, low-dose exposure to pesticides and Parkinson's disease ( PD ), researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health ( HSPH ) have shown that individuals reporting exposure to pesticides had a 70 percent higher incidence of Parkinson's disease than those not reporting exposure. No increased risk of Parkinson's disease was found from reported exposure to other occupational hazards, including asbestos, coal or stone dust, chemicals, acids, or solvents.

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