Billion-dollar bioterror detection program under new scrutiny
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Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 6:57 PM UTCTechnology Scientific American, bioterror
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Supreme Court rejects patents on 2 naturally occurring genes
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Friday, Jun 14, 2013 12:05 AM UTCTechnology Scientific American
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