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Let the Masses Be Heard

Mar 06, 2007

According to this article from the Washington Post, the US Patent and Trademark Office has become the first federal agency to embrace the Wiki era with a pilot project that opens up the patent review process to the public. Part of this will include "a community rating system designed to push the most respected comments to the top of the file, for serious consideration by the agency's examiners," according to the article.

Breaking News
The Scan

Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

Science Papers Examine Breast Milk Cell Populations, Cerebral Cortex Cellular Diversity, Micronesia Population History

In Science this week: unique cell populations found within breast milk, 100 transcriptionally distinct cell populations uncovered in the cerebral cortex, and more.