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    Jun 13, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Ban on patenting DNA cheers researchers

    Researchers hailed the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that bans the patenting of human DNA, saying it would expand access to genetic testing for disease at lower cost to patients.
    Researchers hailed the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that bans the patenting of human DNA, saying it would expand access to genetic testing for disease at lower cost to patients. In a unanimous decision, the justices said Myriad Genetics did not have...

    Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, U.S. Supreme Court, Diabetes, Biotechnology, Biology

    2. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Time to dial up some healthy skepticism

    The U.S. government is trying "to create a database of every [phone] call ever made."
    The U.S. government is trying "to create a database of every [phone] call ever made." That's how one informed person described the National Security Agency's effort to USA Today. That newspaper also confirmed that not only is the government collecting...

    Tags: National Security Agency, Drugs and Medicines, Verizon Communications, Espionage Act of 1917, Preventative Medicine

    3. May 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Making it new in Maryland

    Would it surprise you to learn that Fast Company magazine just ranked Maryland the third-most innovative state in the nation? Or that Maryland took the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's No. 1 spot for both innovation and entrepreneurship? It's a fact: In our state's dynamic mix of world-class universities and professional schools, institutes for advanced research, teaching hospitals, think tanks, hubs for start-up businesses and more, there exists this mysterious, economically essential activity known as innovation.
    Would it surprise you to learn that Fast Company magazine just ranked Maryland the third-most innovative state in the nation? Or that Maryland took the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's No. 1 spot for both innovation and entrepreneurship? It's a fact: In our...

    Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Software Industry, University of Baltimore, Companies and Corporations, Under Armour Inc.

    4. May 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Obamacare's tax on innovation

    Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles in achieving those goals?
    Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...

    Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Government, Barack Obama

    5. May 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Federal innovation a matter of perspective

    The federal government has an innovation problem — or does it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...

    Tags: Public Employees, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Space Programs, Government, U.S. Department of State

    6. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. The red herring of human gene patents

    The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis
    The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....

    Tags: Erythropoietin, U.S. Supreme Court, Chemical Industry, Biology, Biotechnology

    7. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Prizing success in aerospace innovation

    The future economic growth and competitiveness of the United States depends on our capacity to innovate. Many ideas have emerged from government, industry and academia regarding how best to inspire and support innovation. But nothing spurs creativity and innovation more than a combination of incentive and challenge: a reward for achievement, combined with the urgency of a dare to succeed and the reality that we must race against others. We are at our best when we compete.
    The future economic growth and competitiveness of the United States depends on our capacity to innovate. Many ideas have emerged from government, industry and academia regarding how best to inspire and support innovation. But nothing spurs creativity...

    Tags: Air Transportation, University of Maryland, College Park, Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Microsoft Corporation

    8. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  8. Gus Novotny will be remembered for innovative ideas

    John Novotny, known locally and throughout the golfing community simply as Gus, loved teaching golf to thousands of people both young and old. As the proprietor of the Rocky Gorge Golf Fairway off Route 29, which he opened in 1964, Gus not only taught...

    Tags: Lacrosse, University of New Hampshire, Golf, College Sports, America East Conference

    9. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  9. Howard paramedic receives national innovation award

    On the plane ride back from a Emergency Medical Services conference in Seattle, three years ago, Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services Capt. Dale Becker turned to the department's medical director, Dr. Kevin Seaman, with an idea.
    On the plane ride back from a Emergency Medical Services conference in Seattle, three years ago, Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services Capt. Dale Becker turned to the department's medical director, Dr. Kevin Seaman, with an idea. "I...

    Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, Entertainment Events, Dance, Heart Failure, Police Arrests

    10. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Are the Ravens ready for the Patriots' no-huddle offense?

    Having grown up in Annapolis, Bill Belichick remembers watching quarterback <span class="runtimeTopic">Johnny Unitas</span>, one of the NFL's pioneers of the pass, drive the Baltimore Colts up and down the field with their version of the two-minute drill. At the time, no one did it quite like the man with the golden arm.
    Having grown up in Annapolis, Bill Belichick remembers watching quarterback Johnny Unitas, one of the NFL's pioneers of the pass, drive the Baltimore Colts up and down the field with their version of the two-minute drill. At the time, no one did it...

    Tags: Shane Vereen, Aaron Hernandez, Calvin Pace, Philadelphia Eagles, Ed Dickson

    11. Feb 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Center for simulated medicine opens in Anne Arundel County

    A surgeon enters the operating room, offers his hands to a nurse and watches as she helps him into his rubber gloves with a snap.
    A surgeon enters the operating room, offers his hands to a nurse and watches as she helps him into his rubber gloves with a snap. He glances at the patient on the table. A cloth covers the man's torso but for one area. Three trocars — tubes into...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics

    12. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. In nationwide innovation battle, Baltimore area lags on patents

    Dr. Luis Diaz is an oncologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, a researcher with patented findings and the co-founder of a small, fast-expanding company.
    Dr. Luis Diaz is an oncologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, a researcher with patented findings and the co-founder of a small, fast-expanding company. "We've grown from no employees to one employee to four employees and now we have 12,"...

    Tags: Stanley Black, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Google Inc., Hospitals and Clinics, Stanford University

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