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Fear: Hobbyists Will Create New Life Forms »
Posted by: altnrg 11 months ago in Science & Technology
Amateur biologists are goofing around with genetics in garage-based labs that some fear could unleash new and dangerous life forms.
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At Risk For Kidney Disease? Check Your Genes »
Posted by: altnrg 7 months, 1 week ago in Health & Fitness
Genetic differences can influence one's risk of developing proteinuria, a condition that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD), according ...
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Obama to Name Gene Guru Francis Collins NIH Chief »
Posted by: Wolfie2007 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is choosing an influential scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code and is known for finding common ground between ...
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Africans have world's greatest genetic variation »
Posted by: memestryker 7 months ago in Science & Technology
WASHINGTON; Africans have more genetic variation than anyone else on Earth, according to a new study that helps narrow the location where humans first evolved ...
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Bad Driving In Your Genes? »
Posted by: myfairlady 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by neuroscientists. People with a particular gene variant performed more than ...
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History of the synthetic H1N1 flu virus »
Posted by: onlyonesecret 3 weeks ago in News
History of the synthetic H1N1 flu virus...
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Can Gene Mutations Generate Immortality? Harvard Research Team Says "Yes" »
Posted by: ebookey 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Scientists are working on mutations to generate immortality. This is not a comic book. Early experiments have greatly extended the lifespan of bioengineered worms, enhancing ...
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Gene that predicts risk of heart attack identified by scientists »
Posted by: altnrg 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
Thousands of heart attacks could be prevented after a gene associated with early hardening of the arteries was identified by scientists.
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Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home »
Posted by: ameliog 11 months ago in Science & Technology
The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks ...
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With Genetic Gift, 2 Monkeys Are Viewing a More Colorful World »
Posted by: myfairlady 2 months ago in Science & Technology
The red opsin gene was carried on a standard virus used for gene therapy experiments. Injected into the eye, the virus donated the opsin gene ...
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Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home »
Posted by: altnrg 11 months ago in Science & Technology
SAN FRANCISCO - The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic ...
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World's Fastest Computer Creates Largest HIV Evolutionary TreeWorld's Fastest Computer Creates Largest HIV Evolutionary Tree »
Posted by: engineer 3 weeks, 6 days ago in Science & Technology
Researchers are using the Roadrunner supercomputer to analyze vast quantities of genetic sequences from HIV infected people in the hope of zeroing in on possible ...
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Genetic 'clock' made in lab »
Posted by: altnrg 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Swiss scientists have designed the genetic circuitry for a synthetic 'clock', inserted it into mammalian cells and used it to control the levels of a ...
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Russian Scientists Create Goat-Humans That Produce Human Breast Milk »
Posted by: Revelation1412 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
This story is not science fiction although it sure sounds like it. Russian scientists have actually created genetically engineered goat-human hybrid creatures that produce the ...
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Endangered species' DNA stored at museum »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Officials of the American Museum of Natural History and the U.S. National Park Service signed an agreement for samples from endangered species in America ...
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