Cloning
Researchers clone long-dead bull
Hat tip to James Courtright for the link, posted via Facebook! James brings up a good point. If long dead animals are fair game for cloning, what else might the military be ‘reviving’? — PID (JOONGANG DAILY) — Researchers in Korea have succeeded in cloning a bull that died two years ago, discovering a... »
Watch Man-Controlled Bacteria Build a Nanoscale Pyramid
(Gizmodo) – Forget nanobots. Who needs 'em? Since apparently we can now directly control live bacteria, and make them do our bidding. via Gizmodo. »
Molecules could create tiny circuits on computer chips
(PhysOrg.com) — As the features on computer chips become increasingly smaller, finding ways to fabricate the chips has become a big challenge. In a new study, researchers from MIT have demonstrated that certain molecules can be deposited on mostly empty chips, where they arrange themselves into patterns that form the outlines of tiny functioning... »
New stem cell lines approved for federal funding
(WASHINGTON POST) — /SNIP/ “This is the first down payment on what is going to be a much longer list that will empower the scientific community to explore the potential of embryonic stem cell research,” said NIH Director Francis S. Collins. “Today’s announcement is the first wave.” An additional 76 stem cell lines are... »
Rebranding Eugenics
By DEREK P. GILBERT July 5, 2008 Planned Parenthood is rolling out a new marketing campaign so it can start dealing death in the upscale ‘burbs: Flush with cash, Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide are aggressively expanding their reach, seeking to woo more affluent patients with a network of suburban clinics and huge new health... »
Cloned cells appear to treat Parkinsons in mice
As with most MSM stories about stem cell research, there is much left out of the article. See Wesley J. Smith’s analysis of the research for the missing pieces. — PID Mar 24, 2008 (REUTERS) — Researchers who used cloned embryonic stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease in mice said on Sunday they worked... »
UK MPs urged to support human-animal hybrid bill
Mar 24, 2008 (BBC NEWS) — Leading charities have written to every MP urging them to support the controversial embryo research bill, the BBC has learned. Cancer Research and the British Heart Foundation are among more than 200 charities in favour of the creation of human-animal hybrids for research. Full Report »
US company claims cloned humans
Who is the ‘anonymous investor’ behind this company? — PID January 21, 2008 (REUTERS) — A California company said on Thursday it used cloning technology to make five human embryos, with the eventual hope of making matched stem cells for patients. Stemagen Corp. in La Jolla, California, destroyed the embryos while testing to make... »
U.S. scientists: 1st mature cloned human embryos created
BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhuanet) — Scientists at a small California company claimed they have created the first mature cloned human embryos from single skin cells taken from adults, according to a report in the journal Stem Cells as quoted by media Friday. Stemagen, a private company set up by an unnamed investor and a... »
UK: Cut price fertility treatment for women who donate eggs for controversial cloning research
January 10, 2008 (DAILY MAIL) — Women are being offered cut-price fertility treatment if they donate eggs for controversial cloning research. The scheme, funded by the taxpayer, entitles them to a refund of around 50 per cent of the cost of the IVF service in return for giving half their eggs to researchers working... »
FDA Expected to Approve Cloned Meat, Milk
January 10, 2008 (USAGNET) — The Food and Drug Administration has spent more than six years dealing with the question of whether meat and milk from cloned animals are safe to eat. It now appears that the FDA will declare them as safe for human consumption as early as this week. The FDA had... »
The cloning revolution: Ministers to back controversial change to law
Who can say like Gilgamesh: “I am King!”? Whose name, from the day of his birth, was called “Gilgamesh”? Two-thirds of him is god, one-third of him is human. The Great Goddess designed the model for his body, she prepared his form … … beautiful, handsomest of men, … perfect –Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet... »
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