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As top court invalidates some gene patents, biotech has moved on

May 13, 2019 at 11:51 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday to uphold patent protections for genetic material that has been changed in the laboratory but invalidate patents for purely...

New drugs trail many old ones in effectiveness against disease

August 24, 2021 at 11:20 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the more than $50 billion that U.S. pharmaceutical companies have spent every year since the mid-2000s to discover new medications, drugmakers have barely improved on...

New drugs trail many old ones in effectiveness against disease

May 13, 2019 at 11:49 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the more than $50 billion that U.S. pharmaceutical companies have spent every year since the mid-2000s to discover new medications, drugmakers have barely improved on...

Exclusive: ‘Workplace wellness’ fails bottom line, waistlines – RAND

May 13, 2019 at 11:46 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting...

Two states say 2014 Obamacare insurance costs on low side

August 24, 2021 at 9:57 a.m.

(Reuters) - In a boost for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, two states in the Northwest said on Friday that insurance companies submitted applications to sell policies on the...

Psychiatrists unveil their long-awaited diagnostic “bible”

August 24, 2021 at 9:52 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than...

Psychiatrists unveil their long-awaited diagnostic “bible”

May 13, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than...

Scientists create human stem cells through cloning

August 24, 2021 at 9:41 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same...

Critics slam new cloning research

August 24, 2021 at 9:43 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists' assertion that the advance in therapeutic cloning announced on Wednesday could not and would not pave the way to cloning a baby did little to...

Gastric banding: Pros and cons of Christie’s surprising choice

August 24, 2021 at 9:16 a.m.

(Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's choice of gastric banding has prompted questions about why he opted for a weight-loss procedure less favored by bariatric surgeons and patients. Lap-Band...

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