The Scientist : NewsBlogs: April 2008

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[Entry posted at 29th April 2008 10:53 PM GMT]

A Massachusetts federal court judge last week (April 22) dismissed the case against a researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who allegedly fired a postdoc in his lab because of the postdoc's creationist beliefs.

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Bioterror art case dismissed

Posted by Alla Katsnelson

[Entry posted at 23rd April 2008 03:06 PM GMT]

An artist who was charged with mail and wire fraud for receiving postal packages of bacteria to be used in his artwork has been cleared.

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1st cancer vaccine approved in Russia

Posted by Alla Katsnelson

[Entry posted at 9th April 2008 12:11 AM GMT]

A New York-based biotech company announced today (April 8) that it has received approval for the first therapeutic cancer vaccine -- in Russia. It is the first approval by a regulatory body ... Click to continue

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New patent rules overturned

Posted by Alla Katsnelson

[Entry posted at 1st April 2008 11:44 PM GMT]

A Virginia court struck down today (April 1) new patent rules which pharma and biotech companies argued would have limited their ability to protect their intellectual property.

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