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Click to View in Browser 06/23/2014 Exclusive: CDC reassigns director of lab behind anthrax blunder ATLANTA/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reassigned the director of the bioterror lab behind the potential anthrax exposure of dozens of scientists and staff, sources told Reuters, as the anthrax controversy intensified. FDA staff question validity of benefit seen with AstraZeneca drug (Reuters) - Staff reviewers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said AstraZeneca Plc's experimental ovarian cancer drug olaparib showed an 83 percent reduction in the risk of disease progression but questioned whether the result could be reproduced. Roche to partner with Inception, Versant on MS research ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche said it will partner with Inception Sciences Inc. and Versant Ventures on a new company to develop therapies for patients with multiple sclerosis. Study links pesticide exposure in pregnancy to autism NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study from California, children with an autism spectrum disorder were more likely to have mothers who lived close to fields treated with certain pesticides during pregnancy. Smoking, extra weight in pregnancy tied to obesity throughout childhood NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke during pregnancy and are overweight early in pregnancy are more likely to have children who become obese as toddlers and stay obese through their teenage years, according to a new study. Bayer bets on gene therapy with Dimension deal FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Bayer has struck an alliance with U.S. biotech firm Dimension Therapeutics to develop a gene therapy for the treatment of haemophilia A, marking renewed interest in an approach to tackle the cause of diseases at a cellular level. Multiple protocol breaches behind anthrax exposure at U.S. federal labs (Reuters) - The safety breach at a government lab that may have exposed 84 workers to live anthrax centered on a pivotal lapse in procedure: researchers working with the bacteria waited 24 hours to be sure they had killed the pathogens, half the time required by a new scientific protocol. Standing meetings may improve group productivity NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Walking while working, usually on a treadmill, has been gaining popularity in recent years, but the next office innovation should be standing while meeting, according to a new study. Arsenic pollution sows despair in Chinese cancer village HESHAN China (Reuters) - Xiong Demin could not have foreseen that the mine he worked at for 32 years would leave his home village poisoned and hundreds of residents, including himself and his wife, stricken with cancer. Florida toughens law on hurting fetus, after abortion pill trick TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday signed into law harsher penalties for crimes in which a fetus is harmed or killed, no matter how early in the pregnancy. Related Video Organic farming culture brings burgeoning business for Fiji islanders Ant battles offer insights to gene expression The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS

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