Long-term, life, and disability insurers may still be able to deny coverage to patients with a genetic disease, under current nondiscrimination legislation.
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New research suggests that some smokers may carry a gene variant that makes them less likely to quit simply because cigarette taxes are raised.
An official investigation into a controversial GM rice study carried out with Chinese schoolchildren has resulted in the removal of three China-based researchers.
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