One reason for the rise in Pfizer shares this year was that the company is openly talking about making divestitures, including one of its baby formula business.

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Earlier today, a study in Science Translational Medicine proposed that DNA sequencing could become a standard first-choice test for infants in neonatal intensive care units, because a combination of new software and hardware could allow doctors to get results in just 50 hours, answering questions about what is making a baby sick far faster when time is of the essence.

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They argued that the courts had failed to take into account Nafeek's birth certificate, which showed she was only 17 at the time of the baby's death in 2005, making her too young to receive the death penalty under international law.

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