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Ban on patenting DNA cheers researchers

2013-06-13 18:31:51

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...

New APG supercomputers can do a quadrillion operations in a second

2013-06-12 09:33:52

Aberdeen Proving Ground continues to make computing history, as it formally unveiled a new supercomputer system Monday, one of only five such Army facilities in the country to have the sophisticated equipment. The supercomputers, named "Hercules" and...

Maryland Proton Treatment Center getting some competition

2013-05-31 08:00:00

The competition for medical dollars within the Baltimore-Washington area got a national radio audience this morning, when NPR aired a story about plans for two proton beam therapy facilities in the District of Columbia. If built, those facilities --...

Dr. Martin Helrich

2013-06-07 10:55:00

Dr. Martin Helrich, a pioneering anesthesiologist who had headed the department of anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, died Sunday of complications from heart disease at his Pikesville home. He was 91. "Martin was so...

College Lines

2013-06-03 11:54:05

MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY: The following area residents were among the 1,110 students who graduated from Millersville University of Pennsylvania during the spring 2013 undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18 in Millersville's Biemesderfer...

Dr. Ruth H. Singer

2013-06-03 14:43:40

Dr. Ruth H. Singer, a retired physician who was a state health administrator and later worked in AIDS and HIV treatment at Chase Brexton Health Services, died of pancreatic cancer May 27 at her North Baltimore home. She was 69. "What one loved about Ruth...

Evelyn O. Kampmeyer, educator

2013-05-28 14:04:11

Evelyn O. Kampmeyer, a retired educator who was active in Republican politics, died May 14 from complications of diabetes at Abington Hospice in Warminster, Pa. The former Severna Park resident was 81. The daughter of a comptroller and a homemaker,...

Jane Bialek, potter

2013-06-02 13:52:18

Jane Bialek, a longtime Bolton Hill resident and potter, died May 23 of heart failure at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. She was 92. The daughter of a stockbroker and a homemaker, the former Jane Phillips was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., and raised in...

Author Lisa Scottoline talks grief, crabs, podiatry

2013-05-10 14:19:00

On paper, Lisa Scottoline is a little intimidating. She's got more than 30 million copies in print of her books, including 20 best-selling novels. She writes a weekly column, with her daughter, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She's a graduate of...

Former Wall Street success finds new path reviving Carver baseball

2013-05-11 12:26:00

The pitch bores in low and skitters under Ian Anderson's mitt. As he chugs to retrieve the baseball, another enemy runner dashes across home plate, putting the Carver Bears more hopelessly behind. Shoulders slump around this West Baltimore diamond,...

Fourth-grader from St. Joseph awarded Knott scholarship [Cockeysville]

2013-04-17 03:55:00

Olivia Mezzullo, a fourth-grade student at St. Joseph School Cockeysville, recently got some exciting news: She is the recipient of one of seven elementary-level scholarships awarded by the Knott Scholarship Funds.� The Knott Scholarship Funds are based...

Tavon Austin, Corey Fuller to participate in Ravens' local Pro Day workout Thursday

2013-04-02 13:10:00

The Ravens are scheduled to host West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin and Virginia Tech wide receiver Corey Fuller at their local Pro Day workout Thursday, according to league sources with knowledge of the situation. A former Dunbar star, Austin...

Ethan Youderian has joined Performance Trust Investment Advisors as its chief investment officer. Youderian will be responsible for the management of PTIA's investment activities and risk oversight, along with new investment product and strategy development.

2013-05-07 11:25:00

Abizer Zanzi has been promoted to income partner at Franczek Radelet Zanzi represents companies, higher education institutions, non-profit organizations and public sector employers in labor and employment law.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Kerry Nihill, 26, said she loves wearing things she won't see on others. The Philadelphia resident certainly accomplished that purpose at the "4th Annual Hope in the Harbor Gala" at the American Visionary Art Museum benefitting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

2013-04-18 00:00:00