Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
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Feb 22, 2012Doctors, researchers, and patent lawyers are waiting to see whether the U.S. Supreme Court takes up a case about patenting a human gene. As WNPR’s Neena Satija reports, a Yale Cancer Center employee is among the plaintiffs.
Does a company have the right to patent a gene? That’s one question at the heart of a lawsuit against Myriad Genetics led by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation. The lawsuit targets the patent for genes known as BRCA 1 and 2. They’re use... read more
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Feb 20, 2012Governor Dannel Malloy recently committed to investing 291 million of the state’s dollars in a new genomic research facility on the Farmington campus at the University of Connecticut. WNPR’s Neena Satija reports on what the center can do for medicine and jobs in the state.
Researchers in Connecticut are imagining a world where doctors can calculate very precisely how likely you are to get a particular disease. They’d use information about your behavioral habits as well as your genetic cod... read more
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Feb 17, 2012Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM): Connecticut's strengths? Many of the state's employers don't think so anymore.
Listen for WN... read more
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Feb 17, 2012Connecticut employers are saying that students in the state aren't coming into the workforce with the skills they need in Science, Technology, Engi... read more
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Feb 17, 2012As Myriad Genetic Laboratories nears its one millionth predictive genetic test for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, the cost of the test has more than doubled, and the company’s 15-year patent monopoly is being challenged by critics who contend it is stymieing other potentially life-saving s... read more
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Feb 16, 2012On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-Wired Habits
Our lives are composed of millions of choices, ranging from trivial to life-changi... read more
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Feb 16, 2012I cook whenever possible. I experiment a lot with ingredients. But I wouldn't say I had a sharp sense of taste. I'm in the group of "medium tasters... read more
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Feb 16, 2012The idea of personalized medicine was a driving force behind the Human Genome Project. Now Connecticut might be in the driver’s seat.
Governor... read more
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Feb 14, 2012
An environmental advocacy group that grew into an international powerhouse. We'll talk with John H. Adams, founder of the Natural Resources D... read more
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Feb 14, 2012There was a time when nobody studied dust. In fact, two kinds of nobody studied two kinds of dust. Astronomers were annoyed by interstellar dust be... read more
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Feb 10, 2012
Maximum Healing: Optimize Your Natural Ability to Heal
Based on his CAIM (Complementary-Alternative-Integrative-Medicine) approach,... read more
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Feb 9, 2012
As national Republicans continue to hammer President Obama over a decision concerning birth control, Connecticut's congressional delegation is split on the issue. WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.
The Obama administration recently released a new rule based on the recommendations of an i... read more
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Feb 8, 2012
Governor Dannel Malloy's mid-term budget adjustments make some notable changes to the way the state pays for healthcare. WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.
In 2010, the state started a temporary program to provide health benefits to some uninsured, low-income residents. But now the state... read more
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Feb 7, 2012A Yale University professor is among the members of a task force advising President Obama on how to produce college graduates with science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees. WNPR’s Neena Satija reports on the recommendations of the task force, which were released Tuesday.
Accor... read more
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Feb 7, 2012After three days of intense pressure over its decision to end funding to Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has changed its mind. But as WNPR’s Neena Satija reports, the reversal won’t affect Connecticut all that much in the short term.
Last fall, Planned Parentho... read more
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Feb 3, 2012Beginning this June, Planned Parenthood will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding from a national foundation committed to the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. The foundation says that’s because Planned Parenthood is the subject of a Congressional inquiry. WNPR’s Neena Satija... read more
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Feb 3, 2012
Is it our genetic code that determines our destiny, or can early life experience influence the course of our fate?
A recently released... read more
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Feb 3, 2012The sudden news that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has apologized and essentially reversed itself on the issue of defunding Planed Par... read more
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Jan 30, 2012Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History Is Shaping Our World
by Doug Saunders
Look around: the largest migration in human history... read more
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Jan 30, 2012Learn about the machine trying to figure out how we were created. And the story of Patrick Henry, the first of the founding fathers to call for a c... read more
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