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Gene patents, patenting life and the impact of court rulings on US stem cell patents and research
(2014)In June 2013, the US Supreme Court ruled that naturally occurring genes were unpatentable in the caseﾠAssociation for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics. Up until this decision, Myriad Genetics was the only company in ... -
Globalization of Stem Cell Science: An Examination of Current and Past Collaborative Research Networks
(2013)Science and engineering research has becoming an increasingly international phenomenon. Traditional bibliometric studies have not captured the evolution of collaborative partnerships between countries, particularly in ... -
The Gulf Coast: A New American Underbelly of Tropical Diseases and Poverty
(2014)The recent finding that dengue fever has emerged in Houston, Texas—the first major United States city in modern times with autochthonous dengue—adds to previous evidence indicating that the Gulf Coast of the Southern US ... -
Health Reform Monitoring Survey – Texas, Issue Brief #1
(2014)In September 2013, as the nation prepared for the launch of the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace, Texans were surveyed to learn about their recent experiences with health care and health insurance and ... -
Health Reform Monitoring Survey – Texas, Issue Brief #11: Effects of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance coverage in Texas as of March 2015
(2015)The major insurance coverage expansion provisions of the Affordable Care Act—the Health Insurance Marketplace and Medicaid expansion—went into effect in January 2014. At that time, individuals in all 50 states were able ... -
Health Reform Monitoring Survey – Texas, Issue Brief #12: Change in Insurance Status of Adult Texans by Demographic Group as of March 2015.
(2015)In March 2015, as the second open enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace was drawing to a close, we surveyed adult Texans ages 18 to 64 to examine changes in insurance status since ... -
Health Reform Monitoring Survey – Texas, Issue Brief #13: Characteristics of Uninsured Texans as of March 2015
(2015)In March 2015, near the close of the Health Insurance Marketplace’s second open enrollment period, we surveyed adult Texans ages 18 to 64 to understand who remained uninsured and why, and to identify the differences, if ... -
Health Reform Monitoring Survey – Texas, Issue Brief #14: Comparison of Affordability and Utilization of Health Care Services by Insured and Uninsured Adult Texans
(2015)In March 2015, we surveyed adult Texans ages 18 to 64 to assess affordability and utilization of health care services by insured and uninsured Texans. Texas has made strong gains in coverage since the opening of the ... -
Health Reform Monitoring Survey – Texas, Issue Brief #15: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Texas Workers
(2015)In March 2015, near the close of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace’s second open enrollment period, we surveyed adult Texans ages 18 to 64 to understand the changes in insurance status, if any, ...
