Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears patent appeals, reversed, saying in effect thebody of the patient was a machine that transformed the thiopurine into something completely new.
Daniel Schultz, the FDA's chief device regulator, says new medical devices don't need the large-scale exhaustive trials of the drug industry because it is easier to predict the behavior of a machine than it is to track the chemical interactions of a new drug inthebody.
Its boffins in Bangalore are working on projects ranging from a red laser to preserve food to a DNA nano-machine to deliver drugs to precisely the right spot in a patient's body.
Manchester scientists have developed a tiny molecular machine that mirrors the function of the ribosome, which builds the proteins in our body's cells.
Because the governor appoints a majority of its board, the rubbish-collection body has long been thought of in Hartford as a key component of his political machine.
George Bush defended Donald Rumsfeld against mounting criticism from within the Republican Party both over a lack of body armour for troops in Iraq and his use of a machine to sign letters of condolence.