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| Feb.23 |
London |
Airline in first biofuel flight  | The Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Amsterdam, will not have any passengers on board | |
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| Feb.15 |
South Korea |
First order for pet dog cloning RNL Bio has taken its first order for the cloning of a pet dog from a woman from the U.S. that wants her dead pitbull terrier re-created
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| Jul.20 |
Nigeria |
Pfizer faces new Nigerian lawsuit Nigerian government lawyers withdrew a $7 billion civil lawsuit, saying they have discovered new material and plan to file an even stronger case
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| May.8 |
New York |
Clinton unveils Aids drugs deal The agreements with drug companies is to lower the price of 'second-line' drugs for people in the developing world for less than $1 a day
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| May.4 |
Brazil |
Brazil to break Aids drug patent  | The president has authorised the country to bypass the patent on Efavirenz manufactured by Merck, a US pharmaceutical giant | |
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| Aug.23 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
'Ethical' stem cell lines created Advanced Cell Technology has developed a new way of creating stem cells without destroying human embryos
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| Aug.19 |
Texas |
Merck punished for faulty drug| The drugs giant is to blame for the fatal heart attack suffered by a man taking its painkiller Vioxx | |
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| May.24 |
U.S. Congress |
US House backs stem cell funding The House of Representatives has voted to increase funding for embryonic stem cell research
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| May.20 |
South Korea |
Stem cells tailored to patients| Scientists have made stem cells tailored to match the individual for the first time | |
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| Feb.12 |
South Korea |
Scientists cloned human embryos| The researchers reported they have created human embryos through cloning and extracted stem cells | |
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| Jul.2 |
European Union |
EU passes tough new GM rules The rules on genetically modified products could end a ban on biotech foods provided they are clearly labeled
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| Feb.24 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Aids vaccine only limited success The first Aids vaccine to be tested on humans may protect black and Asian people
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| Apr.4 |
Beijing |
Scientists detail rice code The Beijing Genomics Institute and the University of Washington Genome Center report a draft DNA sequence of the plant
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| Apr.20 |
Japan |
Scientists crack genetic code of staph Staph is a dangerous germ that can be deadly for hospital patients
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