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Genetic Savings & Clone: $50,000 per pet
Two kittens have been born using a new cloning method that may be safer and more efficient than traditional methods, a U.S. company said Thursday. Genetic Savings & Clone promises to clone anyone’s...
View Article$100 kit tests who’s sporty and who’s not.
Trawled from Genetic Kit to Pick Sports Stars The West Australian. Want to know whether you’re better suited to endurance sports like marathons, or “sprint-power” sports like Judo or short-distance...
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Fictitious Website Markets GM Virus Nanotech
My friend Steve Miller, prolific creator of venerable innervision-arts site mkzdk.org and current events watchdog site dvmx.com pointed me to this page: http://www.head-space.org/virus/frameset.html If...
View ArticleGenetically Modified Super Coca?
Apparently, there’s speculation that the Columbian drug cartels have been working on genetically modified coca plants. Whether GM technology is being used or not, it does appear that new crops are...
View ArticleChicken Genome Sequenced
Gleaned from Yahoo News (via Reuters): LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the chicken, showing it shares about 60 percent of its genes with humans and has a common ancestor...
View ArticleMuscle-building gene therapy trials to begin
“The impetus to find new methods of enhancement is not going to stop,” said Miah. “We need to draw a line under drug use and consider gene modification as a separate technology. It is a legitimate use...
View ArticleSingle Gene Responsible for Fruit Fly Sexual Orientation
The results of a study published this week suggest an undeniable connection between genetics and sexual behavior — at least with fruit flies. A single gene appears to be responsible for whether a fruit...
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McDonald McNuggets – The Future of Meat
“Is meat vegetarian if it doesn’t come from an animal?” This was the ethics question gregoryP posed me this morning after coming across this article from the U. Maryland News Desk: The idea of...
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Research approved for two-mom one-dad embryos
Scientists at Newcastle University have been given approval for new research aimed at combating a particular set of inherited human diseases: those that are passed on via mitochondrial DNA instead of...
View ArticleRecent convergent mutation (3000 Y.O.) discovered in human population
Aha! This vindicates my assertion that we should change language so that people are either normal or lactose-resistant, instead of lactose-intolerant and normal. nytimes.com Thanks to gregoryp™ for the...
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