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Biomedical groups propose a simplified system for the disclosure of potential conflicts of interests.
The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case deciding if two cancer genes should continue to be protected by patent.
Without publishing any data, a Texas-based forensic company claims to have sequenced the genome of Bigfoot.
The National Institutes of Health will get tough on grantees who fail to comply with its open-access funding rule.
An all-female species, distantly related to flatworms, steals all of genetic material it needs to diversify its genome.
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