June 19 is World Sickle Cell Day.
World Sickle Cell Day is celebrated on June 19th of each year, is recognized globally and was created by the United Nations
by resolution.
Sickle cell anemia is the first genetic disease worldwide with more than 50 millions of peoples
concerned. 300,000 kids are born yearly with this disease, 50% of whom will not reach their 5th anniversary
due to lack of screening and appropriate care in the most affected countries.
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LifeScience Moment: U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Diamond v. Chakrabarty.
On June 16, 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld five-to-four the patentability of
genetically altered organisms, opening the door to greater patent protection for
any modified life forms. Chief Justice Warren Burger delivered the opinion of
the Court, in which justices Potter Stewart, Harry Blackmun, William Rehnquist,
and John Paul Stevens joined. William Brennan filed the dissenting opinion,
in which Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, and Lewis Powell joined.
The Diamond v. Chakrabarty case was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court
regarding the patentability of genetically altered microorganisms on March 17, 1980.
In 1972, Chakrabarty filed a patent application assigned to the General Electric Co.
for a human-made genetically engineered bacterium capable of breaking down multiple
components of crude oil. The application asserted 36 claims related to Chakrabarty's
invention of a bacterium from the genus Pseudomonas containing at least two stable
energy-generating plasmids, each of said plasmids providing a separate hydrocarbon
degradative pathway.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of life science companies through one-of-a-kind posters!
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It's a Small World
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Science Quote
"Science is simply common sense at its best that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic."
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Thomas H. Huxley, English biologist
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(1825-95)
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