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Scientists create human stem cells through cloning
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996: They transplanted genetic...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Science, Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Values
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Gacy review helps solve 41-year-old missing person's case
When 16-year-old Steven Soden ran away from a New Jersey campground in 1972 and was never seen again, his family feared he may have become a victim of John Wayne Gacy. Steven's father lived in Chicago and relatives thought he may have headed here and...
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Biotechnology, Angelina Jolie, Genetics, Medical Research
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Do humans need mystery 'junk' DNA? This carnivorous plant doesn't
How’s this for spring cleaning? Scientists have discovered that a carnivorous plant deletes so much of its own junk DNA that it has hardly any left. The finding, published online in Nature, hints that such noncoding DNA may not be as important as...
Tags: Science, Chemical Industry, Plant Openings, Biology, Science and Technology
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U.S. tax dollars promote Monsanto's GMO crops overseas -report
Reuters* Report critical of State Dept for promoting biotech crops * Monsanto interests mentioned in cables By Carey Gillam May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for overseas lobbying that promotes controversial biotech crops developed by U....Tags: Biotechnology, U.S. Department of State, Politics, Agriculture, Chemical Industry
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High court rules Ind. farmer violated Monsanto soybean patent
ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of a Monsanto Co.'s soybean patent. In the case, closely watched by the biotechnology industry, the court agreed unanimously with Monsanto that Vernon Bowman, 75, an Indiana grain farmer, had performed...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Biotechnology, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology
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Biotech crops and Europe: A losing battle against progress
Last year, too dry. This year, too wet. Spring planting is never perfect in America's agricultural heartland. The past few growing seasons have been especially challenging. Yet crop yields have held up. One reason: bioengineered seeds, a big improvement...
Tags: Biotechnology, Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology
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Don't mandate labeling for gene-altered foods
Should the government require companies to label food that contains genetically modified organisms? Last November, California voters rejected a ballot initiative that would require such labeling, but bills that would do so were recently introduced in...Tags: Biotechnology, Consumer Goods Industries, Genetic Engineering, Medical Research, Science
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Felon seeks dismissal of new sex charges from 1970s Boca Raton cold case
As a younger man, John Arthur MacLean told secrets of being a successful South Florida home burglar in a book declaring himself a "Superthief." Now 66 and locked in Palm Beach County Jail, the Deerfield Beach felon needs his attorney's help to get out...
Tags: Criminals, Deerfield Beach, Prisons, Theft, Prosecution
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Altamonte Springs cook sent to death row hopes new DNA clears him
SANFORD — DNA helped send Clemente Javier "Shorty" Aguirre to death row in 2006 for murdering an Altamonte Springs neighbor and her wheelchair-bound mother. Now a team of attorneys hopes to use a new round of DNA tests to set him free. Aguirre,...
Tags: Criminals, Lawyers, Altamonte Springs, Justice System, House Building
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