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Health and Human Services Sector

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    With Rice Paddy Art, Japanese Village Creates Tourist Bonanza

    Shiho Fukada/New York TimesImages are "painted" using thousands of rice plants genetically engineered to have different hues.​In Inkadate, a village in rural northern Japan, rice is not just an important crop, a staple, it's a medium for intricate, colorful paddy art that might make Christo or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    It Ain't 'Brave New World' Yet: Federal Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents

    ​The Center for Genetics and Society, a Berkeley-based nonprofit that watchdogs bioethics issues nationwide, is trumpeting a ruling from a New York-based federal court that squashed a biotech company's efforts to patent human genes ... YOURS!Just kidding. Well, sort of -- central to the arguments ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2009

    Stem-cell stalemate: The push for cures may produce only disappointment - or worse

    ​The Center for Genetics and Society, a Berkeley-based nonprofit that watchdogs bioethics issues nationwide, is trumpeting a ruling from a New York-based federal court that squashed a biotech company's efforts to patent human genes ... YOURS!Just kidding. Well, sort of -- central to the arguments ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Note to the Privately Insured: St. Luke's Wants You!

    By Lauren Smiley Billboards have popped up around the city this month in a new ad campaign from California Pacific Medical Center reading, "Rediscover St. Luke's....the SoMa gateway to California Pacific Medical Center. We're here to stay!" It sounds a tad bit defiant, but marketers figure th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2008

    Persistent Vegetative State

    By Lauren Smiley Billboards have popped up around the city this month in a new ad campaign from California Pacific Medical Center reading, "Rediscover St. Luke's....the SoMa gateway to California Pacific Medical Center. We're here to stay!" It sounds a tad bit defiant, but marketers figure th ... More >>

  • News

    April 11, 2007

    Union Disunity

    The secret deal worked out between SEIU bosses and nursing home owners denies union members the right to speak out, strike, or protect patients

  • Music

    August 10, 2005

    Misc. Reviews

    If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Team Ouch!

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    Wrong Prescription

    The sweet deal a local medical firm got from the Justice Department shows how soft the Bush administration really is on corporate crime

  • News

    October 9, 2002

    Palookaville

    In S.F.'s political fight game, all the contestants are ignoring a national biotech debate that could put the local economy down for the count

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