News: [Entry posted at 26th August 2009 06:00 PM GMT] Researchers have for the first time succeeded in replacing defective mitochondrial genomes with healthy ones in monkey embryos--a technique that could be used to prevent children from inheriting a variety of incurable genetic diseases caused by ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 21st August 2009 03:17 PM GMT] It's 4 AM. Two grad students sit across the table from each other hunched over textbooks, looking bleary-eyed. One boy asks the other, "Why are we doing this?"
His friend looks up and responds through a haze of exhaustion and self-pity: "You mean, ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 20th August 2009 07:02 PM GMT] Bacteria-infecting viruses, generally thought to be harmful to their hosts, can also be surprisingly beneficial.
A pea aphid Image: WikipediaA bacteriophage infecting a bacterium living in the cells and body cavity of a small, plant-eating insect ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 19th August 2009 06:03 PM GMT] Antioxidants, often credited with an ability to protect cells from the damage that makes them turn cancerous, may actually help cancerous cells survive, says a study ... Click to continue
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