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	<title>Rebecca Skloot &#187; Policy</title>
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		<title>Patent Dispute Prevents Patients From Getting Promising Drug for Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/05/patent-dispute-prevents-patients-from-getting-promising-drug-for-lou-gehrigs-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 10:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of the debate over patents interfering with medical care: A promising new drug for treating Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) is not available to patients due to a patent dispute.
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		<title>New Breast Cancer Gene Lawsuit Aims to End to All Gene Patenting. Will it Succeed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ACLU has launched a suit against the holder of the breast cancer gene patent with hopes of stopping the practice of gene patenting. Skloot covers the suit, its history, and its odds of success.
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		<title>&#8220;Seeing Eye Horse&#8221; &#8211; Good Morning America Segment on Non-Canine Service Animals Misses Key Issues</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/03/seeing-eye-horse-good-morning-america-segment-on-non-canine-service-animals-misses-key-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning America's segment today on non-canine service animals was a classic oversimplification of a complex story that makes one of the most common media mistakes: it focuses on the quirk without getting into any of the serious issues involved.
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		<title>Producer Seeks Non-Canine Service Animal Users for Documentary Film</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/02/producer-seeks-non-canine-service-animal-users-for-documentary-film/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A documentary film is being planned based on my recent NYTimes Magazine story on the use of non-canine service animals.  It's producers are looking for subjects to interview.
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		<title>Science in Jeopardy &#8212; Protest Proposed Funding Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new stimulus package includes serious cuts to science funding (like nixing 100% of the National Science Foundation&#8217;s $$).&#160; This &#8212; as an old family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOJ Withdraws ADA Changes That Would Ban Non-Canine Service Animals</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/02/doj-withdraws-ada-changes-that-would-ban-non-canine-service-animals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice has withdrawn its proposed ADA regulations that would have banned the use of assistance monkeys, birds, miniature horses, etc.
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		<title>New DOJ Head</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/02/new-doj-head/</link>
		<comments>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/02/new-doj-head/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few hours ago, Joe Biden swore in the new head of the Department of Justice &#8212; the first African American Attorney General in history. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADA Changes Not Approved Before Obama Innaguration</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/01/ada-changes-not-approved-before-obama-innaguration/</link>
		<comments>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/01/ada-changes-not-approved-before-obama-innaguration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because the sweeping DOJ changes to the Americans With Disabilities Act were the only Bush Administration regulations under review that weren't approved before Obama was inaugurated as president today, monkeys, miniature horses, parrots, ducks and everything else can legally qualify as service animals (for now)
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		<title>DOJ&#8217;s Proposed Ban of Non-canine Service Animals Is Bad News for Disabled Muslims</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/01/dojs-proposed-ban-of-non-canine-service-animals-is-bad-news-for-disabled-muslims/</link>
		<comments>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/01/dojs-proposed-ban-of-non-canine-service-animals-is-bad-news-for-disabled-muslims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question of service animal species also turns out to be a question of religious freedom
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		<title>Service Animals on the Radio, a Horse Fetching a Beer, Plus Blog Maintenance Downtime</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/01/service-animals-on-the-radio-a-horse-fetching-a-beer-plus-blog-maintenance-downtime/</link>
		<comments>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2009/01/service-animals-on-the-radio-a-horse-fetching-a-beer-plus-blog-maintenance-downtime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Links to updates, radio interviews and a funny video while ScienceBlogs is down for an upgrade.
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