items tagged with Genetics
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-12 12:27:34
Florida researchers discover that lice first jumped from gorillas to humans about 3.3 million years ago.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-08 17:32:40
A psychologist has been pondering morality. He concludes that humans are born able to tell right from wrong and whether you are religious or not doesn’t make much difference.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-03-07 03:01:01
The first ever plant/human hybrid is to be approved for commercial scale cultivation. According to reports, the US authorities have given preliminary approval for the crop to be grown on a 3,000 acre plot in Kansas.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-26 22:05:45
Researchers from England and Germany have discovered that European adults several thousand years ago could not drink milk.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-24 12:40:01
According to a new study in the journal PLoS Genetics, humans and chimpanzees became separate species about four million years ago—much later than previous thought.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-19 03:34:46
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists revealed the most extensive findings to date on the genetics of autism on Sunday, pinpointing two new genetic links that may predispose children to develop the complex brain disorder.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-15 04:02:07
The Darwinian theory of evolution is to be taught to students in Kansas once more, after a series of flip-flop battles over the last 8 years that has seen the evolution vs. creationism (intelligent design) debate cause teaching standards to change 5 times already.
Read More About Oh God, An Evolving Saga Continues In Kansas...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-11 16:45:11
On Sunday, February 11, 2007, churches across the United States and in five other countries are observing Evolution Sunday—what some people are calling Darwin Day because it falls on the day before Charles Darwin’s 198th birthday—a day to commemorate the connection between religion and science.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-06 02:42:18
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian university has agreed not to conduct stem cell research in a new medical center to be built on land bought from a Catholic college, sparking criticism the deal undermines the freedom of academic research.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-01 05:53:47
Two recently discovered genes from an ancient wheat variety have led to a major advance in breeding new salt-tolerant varieties.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-01-29 11:33:04
On Thursday, February 1, 2007, English entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, chairman of The Virgin Group Ltd, opens a bio-tech business to cold-store stem cells for parents in the form of umbilical blood from newborn children.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-01-26 01:01:11
Evidence of ethnic diversity in Britain going back to at least the 18th century has been uncovered by geneticists.
Read More About Rare African Chromosome Discovered In Yorkshiremen...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-18 05:55:11
BOSTON (Reuters) - Human embryonic stem cells can help regenerate damaged nerves in rats, producing compounds that nurture nerve cells and stimulate the growth of new ones, Geron Corp. said on Wednesday.
Read More About Stem Cells Nurture Damaged Spine: Study...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-15 02:38:52
LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental anti-obesity drug which could one day be given as a chewing gum is among three projects to win funding under a new scheme from the Wellcome Trust.
Read More About Imperial College Wins Cash For Obesity Gum...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-15 02:34:46
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists said on Sunday they have pinpointed a new gene linked to Alzheimer's disease, the incurable brain disorder that is the top cause of dementia in the elderly.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-15 02:31:30
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A team at the institute that cloned Dolly the sheep have made a genetically engineered chicken that produces cancer drugs in its eggs.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-08 05:56:07
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stem cells nearly as powerful as embryonic stem cells can be found in the amniotic fluid that protects babies in the womb, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-08 05:53:29
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japanese researchers have identified a gene variant which appears to predispose a person to strokes, but it seems more prevalent in Asians than in those of European or African descent.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-12-15 07:06:54
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mouse embryos created through a "virgin birth" process called parthenogenesis show that egg cells can be a source of valued embryonic stem cells, researchers said on Thursday.
Read More About Virgin Process Can Produce Stem Cells: Study...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-12-11 04:45:38
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An "inkjet"-style printer for stem cells may help scientists put the precious master cells to good use, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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