<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Biotech</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/specials/biotech?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><description>Biotech</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Tex. Pressed on DNA Exonerations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2637-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2637-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the state with the nation's busiest death row and an increasing number of post-conviction DNA exonerations, legislators are urging the governor to investigate the causes of mistaken convictions.]]></description><author> Sylvia Moreno</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CONTRACTS AWARDED]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61610-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61610-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    McNeil Technologies Inc.  of Springfield won a $3.8 million Energy Department contract to support the department's Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution. The office conducts research and development on transmission and distribution system materials, controls, and technologies.]]></description><author> Judith Mbuya</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biotech Company Bets On Cattle's Future]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61203-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61203-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MetaMorphix and a few other biotech entrepreneurs have developed DNA tests to tell with near certainty which beef cows in a herd will produce the juiciest steaks.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pediatric Vaccine Stockpile at Risk]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59516-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59516-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Just three years after the most serious shortage of childhood vaccines in two decades, the federal government's stockpile of childhood vaccines is nearly empty.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure Is Building on NIH to Reconsider Conflict Rules]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59523-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59523-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Two members of Congress have asked National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni to delay for 90 days the implementation of controversial new rules that aim to minimize conflicts of interest among NIH scientists.]]></description><author> Rick Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Orders Levitra Ad Off the Air]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57656-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57656-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The FDA has ordered drug giants Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC to immediately pull a television ad for impotence drug Levitra, saying that the commercial does not adequately state the drug's potential side effects and that it cannot substantiate claims.]]></description><author> Frank Ahrens</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duncan's Faith May Not Follow Church]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49975-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49975-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Since the death of    Pope John Paul II  this month, much has been written about the status of Catholicism in the United States and around the world.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Panel Opposes Silicone Gel Implants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48597-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48597-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A panel voted against allowing silicone gel breast implants back on the market for general use, saying that there are no assurances that newer versions would be safe.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloned Cows' Milk, Beef Up to Standard]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45025-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45025-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Milk and meat from cloned cattle are almost identical in composition to the milk and meat from conventionally bred cattle, according to the first comprehensive assessment of the nutritional value of food from clones.]]></description><author> Rick Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Push Ahead As Session Ends in Md.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44888-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44888-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The 90-day session concluded with a final push in which lawmakers denied Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) his top priority  --  the legalization of slot machine gambling.]]></description><author> John Wagner and Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painkiller Decision Reflects FDA Shift]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42530-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42530-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Certain drug risks that used to be acceptable to the agency have become unacceptable, and benefits that usually guaranteed approval of a new drug are no longer a sure bet.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[50 Years After Vaccine, Polio's Legacy Endures]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40442-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40442-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the Smithsonian opens the exhibit "Whatever Happened to Polio?" to mark 50 years since Jonas Salk and his team defeated the dreaded disease.]]></description><author> Susan Levine</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NIH Agency Chiefs Criticize Federal Policy on Stem Cells]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32390-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32390-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Breaking with a tradition of deference to top administration officials, several institute directors at the National Institutes of Health went public yesterday with their distaste for  federal restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research.]]></description><author> Rick Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labs Predict Personal Health Forecasts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32639-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32639-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Based on DNA analysis, companies like Genelex Corp. provide consumers recommendations on diet, lifestyle and medications.]]></description><author> Ariana Eunjung Cha</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HGS Arthritis Drug Clears Testing Hurdle]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28494-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28494-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Human Genome Sciences Inc.'s treatment for rheumatoid arthritis has cleared a major testing hurdle, according to company officials, marking the first time one of the drugs developed by the Rockville firm has proved effective in patients.]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[System to Fix DNA Flaws Is Tested]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23637-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23637-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Inspired by the body's own system for fixing genetic glitches, scientists at a company in California have made a molecular repair kit that corrects mutations in a cell's DNA.]]></description><author> Rick Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Ethics Rules Cost NIH Top Researcher]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19925-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19925-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[James F. Battey, chief of NIH's stem-cell program and director of that agency's deafness institute, will retire in September, citing his inability to comply with strict new conflict-of-interest rules that have prompted a backlash.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald  and Rick Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schiavo Case Rife With Political Symbolism]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15454-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15454-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Terri Schiavo is dead, but the passions stirred by the fight over her life will shape the political debate for a long time to come.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tougher Rules Urged for Auto Roofs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14488-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14488-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Safety advocates said yesterday that they found evidence linking neck injuries to the crushing of roofs during vehicle rollover accidents, contradicting claims by automakers that making roofs stiffer would not make drivers safer.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Senate Passes Stem Cell Bill That May Face Governor's Veto]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13970-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13970-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/biotech</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Senate voted overwhelmingly  in favor of a bill to promote stem cell research in the state while outlawing human reproductive cloning and imposing a series of new regulations on the cutting-edge field.]]></description><author> Jonathan Finer</author></item></channel></rss>