'Spinning in': a new concept for technology transfer?

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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) announced that it received the gene regulation firm RheoGene as a tax deductible gift from its parent company Rohm and Haas. A prior collaboration between RheoGene and UPMC's McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine brought about the spinning of RheoGene into UPMC.

Medical centers, Donations, University of Pittsburgh, Medical centres

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EU plans to label and trace GMOs

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The European Commission has adopted a system for tracing and labeling feed and food derived from genetically modified organisms.

Crop Production, Europe, Product standards, safety, & recalls, FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS, Oilseed and Grain Farming, Cash Grains, Food, Feed Grains, Grain feeds

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U.S. rejects stronger bioweapons treaty

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A Protocol to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention has been rejected by the United States.

Legal issues & crime, International, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Biological Warfare Materials, Biological weapons

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