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New Bioinformatics Book Tackles Legal Issues in the Post-Genome Era

CHICAGO, May 3, 2013 Bioinformatics is rapidly evolving, and a new book by the American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology Law provides a valuable and much-needed resource to keep up with the continuously changing field. The book, Bioinformatics Law: Legal Issues for Computational Biology in the Post-Genome Era, will serve as a useful resource for lawyers, researchers, policymakers and scholars on the complex intersection of law and bioinformatics. Continue reading →

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Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 – DNA and fingerprint provisions

The Protection of Freedoms Act gained Royal Assent on 1 May 2012. Sections 1 25 of the Act cover DNA and fingerprint retention. There is a timetable for bringing these sections of the Act into force Continue reading →

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DNA tests after arrest? Some justices not so sure

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Supreme Court offered a surprising amount of concern Tuesday about states laws allowing police to collect a DNA sample of anyone arrested — but not yet convicted — of serious crimes. Continue reading →

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DNA privacy gets first U.S. Supreme Court test in rape case

When Alonzo King was arrested for assault in 2009 after pointing a shotgun at several people, authorities had no reason to think he was also a rapist. Then officials swabbed his cheek at the Wicomico County, Maryland, booking facility and ran his DNA through a nationwide database. The check linked King to an unsolved 2003 rape Continue reading →

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European Union's First Gene Therapy Approval Represents Major Advancement For Industry

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE MKT: CXM) today reported that uniQure’s Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec) approval by the European Commission, the first gene therapy approval by a major health regulatory authority, represents a significant milestone and validation for the gene therapy industry. Continue reading →

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Advanced Technology

Advanced Technology Privacy Advanced Technology Privacy Appearing during all four hours, researcher and author Dr. Nick Begich discussed the capabilities of advanced technologies, and how they may affect privacy rights. He also touched on Project HAARP and mind control. Continue reading →

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Probe sought into status of stem cell therapy in the Philippines

The World News (WN) Network, has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to user privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for wn.com, as well as e-mail newsletters. Continue reading →

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How To Filter The Social Web, Part 2: Reddit

This week I’m exploring tools that help filter your Social Web experience. Yesterday I checked out Webicina, a medical news curation service Continue reading →

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DNA fingerprinting comes of age

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Anatomy of a paranoid urban (or, in this case, rural) legend

Have you heard the one about how the Obama administration is using aerial drones the same kind used to kill terrorists in foreign lands to spy on farmers in Iowa and Nebraska? Well, its all the talk of the right-wing grapevine these days. Andrew Napolitano, a former federal judge who now bloviates for Fox News, says bureaucrats gave themselves the authority to capture images of us in the privacy of our backyards Continue reading →

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Cracking Your Genetic Code raises bioethics issues

Will genetic testing and personalized medicine change the way you think about your life? Continue reading →

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Geneticist's 'personalized medicine' study focuses on himself

Self-experimentation is a venerable tradition in science. London surgeon John Hunter deliberately gave himself gonorrhea (and inadvertently, syphilis) in 1767 and suffered from effects of the diseases in his old age. Now Michael Snyder has joined their ranks. Continue reading →

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Palestinians ask Israeli court to halt DNA tests

The Palestinian Authority has asked Israel’s highest court to halt the taking of DNA samples from Palestinian prisoners against their will, a PA minister said on Thursday. Continue reading →

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Giving Patients Bad News – Training Evaluated

Editor’s Choice Academic Journal Main Category: Medical Students / Training Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 27 Feb 2012 – 10:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly opinions Current Article Ratings: Patient / Public: Healthcare Prof: A recent issue of the Journal of Cancer Education reports on the experience of medical students who participated in videotaped sessions to practice conveying difficult news to “standardized patients” (SPs) by role-playing patients with different types of cancers who received bad medical news. The study was conducted to evaluate the students’ perceptions of the teaching methods used to convey bad news as well as to establish the effectiveness of the educational program developed for conveying such news Continue reading →

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Court: California can force inmates to submit DNA

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A divided federal appeals court ruled Thursday that California law enforcement officials can keep collecting DNA samples from people arrested for felonies. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said law enforcement's interest in solving cold cases, identifying crime suspects and even exonerating the wrongly accused outweigh any privacy concerns raised by the forced DNA collections. Continue reading →

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"DNA Origami" Robots Target Cancer Cells

Featured Article Academic Journal Main Category: Genetics Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines; Cancer / Oncology; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 18 Feb 2012 – 16:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly opinions Current Article Ratings: Patient / Public: Healthcare Prof: Using a technique called “DNA origami”, US scientists have made programmable molecule-transporting nanorobots that can seek out particular cell targets and deliver specific instructions for them to follow. One example of such use could be to tell cancer cells to destroy themselves. The researchers write about their findings in Friday's online issue of Science. Continue reading →

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Medical Academy Charter School vote on tonight's Catasauqua Area School Board agenda

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Hope For Early Alzheimer's Test In Spinal Fluid

Featured Article Academic Journal Main Category: Alzheimer's / Dementia Also Included In: Genetics; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 12 Feb 2012 – 0:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly opinions Current Article Ratings: Patient / Public: Healthcare Prof: 3 (1 votes) New research led by Nottingham University in the UK suggests abnormal levels of seven proteins in spinal fluid could be markers for the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes of a test for a disease that is difficult to diagnose at the beginning. The researchers write about their findings in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Continue reading →

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Metabolic Errors Affect DNA

Editor's Choice Academic Journal Main Category: Genetics Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 31 Jan 2012 – 9:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly opinions Current Article Ratings: Patient / Public: Healthcare Prof: Cells rely on purines, which are types of molecules that make up half of the DNA and RNA building blocks, and are a key component of the chemicals that store a cell's energy in order to perform many vital functions. Continue reading →

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Medical-research cache in works in Phoenix

by Emily Gersema – Jan. 28, 2012 01:29 PM The Republic | azcentral.com A massive building near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is now home to a supercomputer that one day is expected to store clinical-research reports, medical records and the decoded genetic makeup of millions of patients and their cancers. Continue reading →

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