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A Dow Chemical Company plant in California. A Chinese researcher has been arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets about insecticides from US biotech company Dow and passing them on to China, court documents showed Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)AFP - A Chinese researcher has been arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets about insecticides from US biotech company Dow and passing them on to China, court documents showed Tuesday.


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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise can reduce a
person's genetic predisposition to obesity by 40 percent, finds a new
English study.
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Time.com - A new study finds people who are genetically predisposed to obesity may benefit most from physical activity
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Reuters - Cell therapy companies in China and Germany who were criticized by British experts warning of the dangers of "stem cell tourism" defended themselves on Wednesday, saying their safety records were good.
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Time.com - Yes, high-tech aquaculture like genetically modified salmon sounds spooky, but it might just save the world
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Reuters - Thousands of people are putting their health and life savings at risk to travel to private clinics around the world for unproven and potentially dangerous stem cell treatments, British experts said on Tuesday.
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Reuters - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates.
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Reuters - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis would be prepared to moderately raise its $69 per share offer for Genzyme if the U.S. biotech agreed to negotiate, Dow Jones reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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AP - A Japanese researcher who found a way to give adults cells certain characteristics of embryonic stem cells, a process scientists say could eventually lead to cures for spinal cord injuries and other ailments, has been awarded the Balzan Prize for biology.
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A vendor picks up corn at his stall in a market in 2009. Over 70 environmental NGOs including the WWF called Monday for the sacking of Romania's new agriculture minister for his links to the genetically modified crop industry.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Over 70 environmental NGOs including the WWF called Monday for the sacking of Romania's new agriculture minister for his links to the genetically modified crop industry.


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This undated handout illustration shows the DNA double helix. A study said that variants of a gene contribute to the high risk of kidney disease among diabetics of Chinese descent compared with Caucasians.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Variants of a gene contribute to the high risk of kidney disease among diabetics of Chinese descent compared with Caucasians, a study said Wednesday.


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Reuters - Government officials say they will appeal a U.S. District Court injunction that stops new federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave State Road restaurant in West Tisbury, Mass., after dinner with Vernon Jordan and other friends Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, on Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Promising medical research is in disarray as scientists await an appeal by the Obama administration of a judge's ruling that undercuts taxpayer-funded research using human embryonic stem cells.


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Reuters - Stunned and disappointed Obama administration officials said on Tuesday they would appeal a federal court ruling that temporarily barred federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists reacted
with dismay to Monday's decision by a U.S. judge to halt any expansion of
stem cell research using federal funds.
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Time.com - Stem-cell scientists still reeling from a judge's ruling that their life's work violates federal law received little reassurance about their job security from the nation's largest funder of these studies
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Reuters - Gene testing is shaping up to be a marketing battleground for new blood thinners like AstraZeneca's Brilinta, underscoring the power and limitations of genetics as a tool to predict medical outcomes.
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A municipal council worker dispenses insecticide using a fogging machine at a residential suburb of Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia is considering releasing genetically modified mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for criticism from environmentalists.(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar)AFP - Malaysia is considering releasing genetically modified mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for criticism from environmentalists.


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French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis unveiled Sunday a 18.5 billion dollar (14.5 billion euro) cash bid for US biotechnology firm Genzyme, or 69 dollars per share.(AFP/Joel Saget)AFP - French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis unveiled Sunday an 18.5 billion dollar (14.5 billion euro) offer for US biotechnology firm Genzyme, hinting it may launch a hostile bid.


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A sign marks the headquarters of Genzyme in Cambridge, Massachusetts August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - France's Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion, $69-per-share cash offer for Genzyme Corp in a bid to rouse shareholders after failing to engage the U.S. biotechnology company in merger talks.


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