Biotechnology Industry

Genetic engineering and the alien wheat in Oregon

2013-06-17 15:17:00

There's a dearth of evidence that genetically engineered food is dangerous to human health — but that doesn’t mean consumers are wrong to have concerns about its effect on the environment and on non-bioengineered crops. U.S. agribusiness has...

Will Supreme Court's take on gene patents help Myriad?

2013-06-14 18:01:00

While the Supreme Court’s decision to forbid patents on human genes knocked out Myriad Genetics' long-guarded patent on two genes linked to breast cancer, the Utah-based company’s stock still rose soon after the news broke. That bit of...

Human gene patenting is a thing most of us aren't ready for

2013-06-15 16:23:00

In the course of our country's history, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has bestowed coveted protection on many strange and wondrous inventions: the three-legged pantyhose (in case one leg runs), the sealed, circular peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich,...

Letters: DNA in the hands of police

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Re "DNA done right," Letters, June 8 Wow, did I get an education reading Saturday's letters to the editor. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and other writers have done us a service: I had no idea that DNA sampling is no more intrusive than...

Supreme Court rejects gene patents

2013-06-14 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled that human genes are a product of nature and cannot be patented and held for profit, a decision that medical experts said will lead to more genetic testing for cancers and other diseases and to lower costs for...

Supreme Court allows police to take DNA from criminal suspects

2013-06-03 07:58:00

WASHINGTON -- The police may take a DNA sample from people arrested for serious crimes, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major victory for law enforcement and crime victims. The 5-4 decision is likely to make the taking of DNA samples as common as...

Letters: DNA collection done right

2013-06-08 00:00:00

Re "Court goes too far on DNA," Editorial, June 4 The U.S. Supreme Court got it absolutely right in finding that it is constitutional for DNA to be collected at the time of arrest and checked against a national database of unsolved cases. The Times'...

California DNA law is broader than program upheld by Supreme Court

2013-06-03 14:32:00

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the right of authorities to take DNA from people when they are arrested only partially assures that California's DNA collection program will survive court challenges, experts said Monday....

Gut microbes again linked to diabetes -- but geography matters

2013-05-29 11:31:00

Particular combinations of bacteria in the human digestive system can identify patients who have or are likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, scientists reported Wednesday in the online edition of the journal Nature. But the precise combinations of...

The curious -- and totally appealing -- case of Little Mix

2013-06-05 18:32:00

Steve Brookstein. Joe McElderry. James Arthur. If these names mean nothing to you, we've got something in common: I didn't recognize them either, despite the fact that each belongs to a winner on the U.K. version of Simon Cowell's flagship star-making...

Infertility due to old eggs? An anti-aging pioneer ponders solutions

2013-06-05 06:00:00

One of the many ways in which humans' evolved characteristics clash with a fast-changing post-industrial society can be seen in the female egg. Even before a woman passes the age of 30, the quality of the oocytes she carries begins a downturn in...

Jury acquits Park of strangling aspiring model

2013-06-04 19:35:00

Kelly Soo Park's DNA was all over the crime scene where an aspiring model lay strangled. It was on the victim's clothing and the inside of the locked front door of her Santa Monica apartment. It was on the victim's cellphone, which had been used to make...

Baltimore, MD--May 15, 2013--This is Eddy C. Agbo, Chairman and CEO of Fyodor Biotechnologies Corporation. Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology company Amgen Inc. had more than $17 billiion in revenue in the past 12 months.

2013-05-14 17:02:34

St. Joseph University biology professor Dr. Irene Guttilla (at right) looks on as Plainville seventh-grader Abigail Leander, 12, isolates her own DNA in the "DNA in a Necklace" workshop on Monday morning at the Girls and STEM Expo at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford.

2013-05-05 00:00:00