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Apple names Arthur Levinson non-exec chair

(AP) -- Apple Inc. has named Arthur Levinson as its non-executive chairman, a move that rewards the longtime Apple board member who chose it over Google Inc. when the technology giants began to compete with ...

Technology / Business

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

TGen, Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center studying new breast cancer drug

A new drug targeting the PI3K gene in patients with advanced breast cancer shows promising results in an early phase I investigational study conducted at Virginia G. Piper Cancer at Scottsdale Healthcare, according to a presentation ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New gene that causes intellectual disability discovered

A new study involving Canada's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found a gene connected with a type of intellectual disability called Joubert syndrome.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Roche to take over Genentech for $47 billion

(AP) -- Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Thursday it has agreed to buy California-based Genentech for $46.8 billion in a takeover described as the largest in Swiss corporate history.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0