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Major Med Device Product Developer GE HealthCare Collaborating with Healthcare Providers

Written by: Kregg Koch For good reasons, including product safety, quality assurance, development of delivery procedures and instructions, it has been a common practice for medical...

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Precedential Patent Cases

CASE OF THE WEEK Baxalta Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., Appeal No. 22-1461 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 20, 2023) Our Case of the Week focuses on the enablement requirement. It’s the first case...

Enter TitleFederal Circuit Revisits Standard for Enablement of Antibody Claims

Written by: Ashley C. Morales & Joseph Mallon, Ph.D. In Baxalta Incorporated v. Genentech, Inc., 2022-1461, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision...

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Precedential Patent Cases

CASE OF THE WEEK Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-2299, -2338 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 15, 2023) In a decade-old case that has ...

Prosecution History May Support a Motivation to Combine

Written by: Rhett D. Ramsey & Jacob R. Rosenbaum Elekta Limited v. Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. Before: Reyna, Stoll, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. ...

Landmark CAFC Cases in Patent Law: Shaping the Future of Innovation

In the ever-evolving landscape of patent law, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has played a pivotal role in shaping the rules and precedents governing intellectual...

FDA Releases Draft Guidances on 510(k) Submissions

Written by: Paige L. Cappelli On September 6, 2023, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released three draft guidance documents to provide updated...

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Scientists unveil epigenetic "driver" events for cancer cell survival
Ayesha Bhatia May 25, 2012
Cancer cells are characterized by uncontrolled proliferation due to genetic and/or epigenetic changes. The wide scope of such changes poses a key challenge to... Read More »
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Study reveals that environmental toxicants cause ovarian disease across generations
Elisabeth Manville May 4, 2012
  A new study by Washington University researchers has discovered that not only can ovarian disease result from exposure to a wide range of environmental... Read More »
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Sleep may counteract genetic weight gain
Ann Conkle May 1, 2012
A new study examining sleep and body mass index (BMI) in twins has found that sleeping more than nine hours a night may suppress genetic influences on body weight... Read More »
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Transgenerational effect of antibiotics shown for first time
Ann Conkle Apr 27, 2012
In a paper published today, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer... Read More »
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New technique to improve epigenetics research
Elisabeth Manville Apr 27, 2012
Scientists at Cambridge University and the Babraham Institute have demonstrated a new technique that could improve epigenetics research and help scientists better... Read More »
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Low doses of epigenetic drugs proposed for cancer treatment
Angela Hernandez Mar 22, 2012
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center proposed two drugs, rejected by cancer experts for being too toxic in standard high doses, for possible cancer... Read More »
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Exercise alters DNA
Stephen Kintz Mar 18, 2012
Exercise alters your DNA  ... well, sort of. Your DNA is not really altered. Exercise cannot rewrite your genetic code. I’m sorry, but exercising will not... Read More »
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Walking may lessen the influence of genes on obesity by half
Ann Conkle Mar 15, 2012
Watching too much TV can worsen your genetic tendency towards obesity, but you can cut the effect in half by walking briskly for an hour a day, researchers report at... Read More »
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Researchers identify epigenetic signatures of induced stem cells
Elisabeth Manville Mar 14, 2012
A research team at Tufts University has identified epigenetic signatures of reprogrammed cells. These signatures are markers on DNA that can can control changes in... Read More »
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Cancer epigenetics: Breakthrough in identifying target genes
Ann Conkle Mar 13, 2012
Cancer is usually attributed to faulty genes, but growing evidence from the field of cancer epigenetics indicates a key role for the gene "silencing"... Read More »
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Exercise changes your DNA
Ann Conkle Mar 7, 2012
Researchers reporting in the March issue of Cell Metabolism have found that when healthy but inactive men and women exercise for a matter of minutes, it produces a... Read More »
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Shiva SinghTime to hit the gym.
Mar 7, 2012
Another mechanism discovered by which sulforaphane prevents cancer
Leyla Raiani Feb 28, 2012
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered how sulforaphane compounds provide not just one, but two ways to prevent cancer through the complex mechanism... Read More »
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Newly discovered heart disease genes raise questions about epigenetics
Kristin Wall Feb 1, 2012
People would like to believe that when they make certain life choices -- be they related to diet, climate or lifestyle -- the possible negative effects are confined... Read More »
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