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Vast water glaciers found on MarsAUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists said Thursday they discovered vast water glaciers under blankets of rocky debris on Mars, suggesting possible life beyond Earth.These results are the smoking gun, said Ali Safaeinili, a shallow-radar instrument team member with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.The glaciers are the largest ...

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Vast water glaciers found on Mars ... Abuse of politicians' DNA feared ... 233,000 Americans don't know they have HIV ... Study: Females bond through language ... Health/Science news from UPI.

CSR, Enviromental Programs Good for the Bottom Line, Report Finds (GreenBiz)

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- With the global financial meltdown sending every company "back to the blackboard," a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit finds that almost three-quarters of businesses with CSR programs in place are seeing financial benefits as a result of achieving environmental goals.

LabCorp Launches Tumor MGMT Gene Methylation Testing (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

BURLINGTON, N.C.----Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings announced today that it has introduced its MGMT gene methylation assay using Methylation-Specific PCR technology licensed from OncoMethylome Sciences .

ASU hosts biotech forum (The Albany Herald)

Students explore careers in biotechnology at an Albany State University forum. ALBANY — Whether it’s turning plants into energy, curing diseases, mapping DNA to prosecute offenders or finding the only solutions to global hunger, growing the region’s biotech sector starts with sparking an interest.

Mind Reader (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)

A start-up wants to attach its iBrain to your head while you sleep to detect abnormalities and disease—and perchance to detect your dreams.

BloodCenter of Wisconsin Names Roger D. Klein, M.D., J.D., Medical Director, Molecular Oncology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

MILWAUKEE----Roger D. Klein, M.D., J.D., has joined BloodCenter of Wisconsin as Medical Director of Molecular Oncology. Dr. Klein will lead the development of BloodCenter of Wisconsin’s Diagnostic Laboratories’ newest initiative, which will focus on DNA- and RNA-based testing for evaluation of cancer patients.

UA study takes aim at poaching bushmeat in Africa (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix)

After years of walking through meat markets in villages across sub-Saharan Africa, UA geneticist Hans-Werner Herrmann knew he had to do something about the devastation caused by the bushmeat trade.

Jean-Marie Eveillard Buys Genentech Inc., AMR Corp., ImClone Systems Inc., Sells Yahoo! Inc., Seattle Genetics Inc., ... (Guru Focus)

At the beginning of the year, Jean-Marie Eveillard did not see many opportunities. Now he thinks that the market is reasonablely priced. Of course stock prices declined even more after he bought some. Jean-Marie Eveillard owns 304 stocks with a total value of $9.7 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells of the third quarter. Jean-Marie Eveillard buys Banco Latinoamericano de ...

New Findings From Genome-Wide Association Studies (Medical News Today)

Thousands of the world's top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field are presenting their latest research at the 58th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 11-15, 2008.