NewsBlog: Genetic bias vote in Senate, finally Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 22nd April 2008 06:43 PM GMT] It appears that the US Senate is going to finally cast its vote on a 15-year-old bill with wide bipartisan support against genetic discrimination. According to Scientists and Engineers for America, Senator Tom Coburn has agreed to lift his hold on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, or GINA, which prevents insurers and employers from discriminating based on genetics. The bill has passed the House of... Click to continue View comments (5) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Stem cell rx wins another horse race Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 8th April 2008 05:05 PM GMT] This report in from Editorial Administrator and journalist Margaret Guthrie: Earlier this year, we reported on a company called Vet-Stem which has devised a treatment for horses using the animal's own stem cells to heal tendon and ligament injuries. In some cases it's been an unqualified success. One of those successes was part of our story - a big gray gelding named Greg's Gold. When we posted the story online, Greg's... Click to continue View comments (4) | Comment on this blog

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