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U.S. charges 3 NYU researchers in Chinese bribery case
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about NYU research into magnetic resonance...Tags: Prosecution, Financial Aid, Trials, Corporate Crime, New York University
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Voice of the People, May. 20
Cancer research We recently heard the revelation that Angelina Jolie had undergone preventive double mastectomy in order to lessen her chance of developing breast cancer. Her DNA carries a genetic defect in the BRCA1 gene that significantly increases her...Tags: Mastectomy, Social Issues, Chicago White Sox, Pharmaceuticals, Science
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Science, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Government
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: Science, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Government
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New vaccine to combat rotavirus infection
Khaleej TimesEvery monsoon, hundreds of infants in Mumbai's slums suffer from rotavirus infection, leading to severe diarrhoea. And lack of adequate and timely medical help leads to unnecessary deaths. Though Mumbai is better off than most other parts of India...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Chemical Industry, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
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Charity's investment a prescription for profits for drug maker
Milwaukee Journal SentinelWhat happens when a disease-fighting charity dives into venture capitalism? In the first case of its kind, the results include one of the planet's most expensive pills, huge sales projections for a drug company and windfalls for executives who sold...Tags: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cystic Fibrosis, Science, Health Insurance Cost, Pharmaceuticals
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Entertainment Events, Queens (New York City), Lou Gehrig's Disease, Research
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Casey calls for action on IRS abuses, Syria
The Philadelphia InquirerPennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Friday that the Obama administration needs to make a "clean break" by quickly identifying all who were responsible for the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and spelling out a plan to ensure it does not happen again....Tags: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Jack Lew, Elections
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Raising awareness
The Daily News of Newburyport, Mass.Thanks to the efforts of a Newburyport woman, the governor has declared May as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Month in Massachusetts. Diana Cleaveland, who was diagnosed in 2010 after years of wondering what was wrong, has made it her mission to raise awareness...Tags: Cardiologists, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Deval Patrick, Genetic Condition, Amazon.com Inc.
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Kannapolis students to take part in growth study
Independent Tribune, Concord, N.C.KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- Kannapolis City Schools will begin a partnership that will allow researchers to study the growth and development in the system's first-graders over the next few years. Members of the Kannapolis City Board of Education heard a...Tags: Social Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Arts and Culture, Students, Drug Use
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