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Chemical that sparked deadly Texas explosion found across U.S
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - At least 800,000 people across the United States live near hundreds of sites that store large amounts of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate, which investigators are blaming as the source of last month's deadly blast at a...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Hospitals and Clinics, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Health and Safety at School, Emergency Incidents
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Scientists sequence Norway spruce DNA. The tree's genome is LONG
Researchers reported Wednesday that they had sequenced the genome of the Norway spruce, a giant evergreen native to Europe that has also been planted widely in parts of North America. Published in the journal Nature, the catalog of the tree's DNA was...
Tags: Norway, Washington State University, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Medical Research
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Glaxo to develop new antibiotics
The Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA A unit of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has a central role in a $200 million public-private project announced Wednesday to develop new antibiotics against biological terrorism and treat drug-resistant infections found in health care settings...Tags: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pharmaceuticals, Anthrax, Science and Technology, Research and Development
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DNA evidence in model's death 'overwhelming,' prosecutor says
A Los Angeles prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that there was overwhelming DNA and other evidence to show that a mortgage broker assaulted and strangled an aspiring model in Santa Monica. Genetic testing proved that Kelly Soo Park's DNA was found on the...Tags: Murder, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Biotechnology Industry
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Do diet changes help ADHD children?
Dylan Jerrell was having a tough time in kindergarten. The energetic, outgoing Bigfoot fan was easily frustrated, and he responded to challenges with disruptive meltdowns. He wouldn't hit anyone, but he'd break down and cry or yell at his teachers....
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology, ADHD, Diets and Dieting, Medical Specialization
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Woman charged with strangling model had no motive, lawyer says
A businesswoman accused of beating and strangling an aspiring model in Santa Monica five years ago had no motive to carry out the killing, a defense attorney told a downtown Los Angeles jury Wednesday. Attorney George Buehler said in his closing...
Tags: Murder, Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Bipartisan Senate bill would give EPA power to ban dangerous chemicals
In a rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, a group of key senators unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require chemical companies to provide more health and safety information about their products and give regulators more power to force...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Dick Durbin, Environmental Defense Fund, U.S. Congress, Environmental Politics
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It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?
By the end of high school, 12% of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But parents, including many of those whose kids are taking ADHD drugs in a bid to boost...
Tags: Adderall (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Family, ADHD, Children's Health
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FDA panel backs a new sleep drug
An advisory panel to the Food & Drug Administration has recommended approval of a new sleep drug that targets the brain's wakefulness centers, but suggested the agency should consider a dose of the drug, called suvorexant, lower than that proposed by...
Tags: Politics, Trials, Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology, Insomnia
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Closing arguments heard in businesswoman's murder trial
Kelly Soo Park balked when homicide detectives handed her a warrant to collect her fingerprints. The businesswoman repeatedly asked whether the officers were playing a joke and demanded to speak to a lawyer, according to a police recording of the...
Tags: Murder, Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Ketamine: a potential rescue drug for depression takes a step forward
For years, physicians have been inching their way to a better understanding of how -- and how well -- the drug ketamine, a "twilight drug" used to sedate some patients before a painful procedure, can lift someone with severe depression almost...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Midazolam (drug), Depression, General Practitioners, LSD
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Want a sculpture? A new jaw? Pizza? Just print it
Thanks to 3D printing, American society may be about to boldly go where no one has gone before. A Johns Hopkins scientist is seeking to adapt the technology to grow human jaw bones — potentially revolutionizing implant procedures. A Halethorpe...
Tags: Fiction, Walters Art Museum, Biotechnology Industry, Science and Technology, Technology
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