But efforts to shift the emphasis away from traditional methods of improving sanitation to simple technology-based ones might pay dividends.

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The four patents-in-suit claim chemical compounds used to fight insomnia, methods for improving sleep by administering the compounds, and methods of inducing tranquilizing or hypnotic effects from the compounds, according to court documents.

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Van Tunen said the KeyGene's methods were a quicker and cheaper way of improving crops than genetic modification -- and differed from that process in one crucial aspect.

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The most successful methods for improving the banana through genetic engineering rely on the availability of embryonic cell suspensions.

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