News tagged with human cloning


Italian doctor says he has cloned three babies

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A controversial Italian doctor known for his work allowing post-menopausal women to have children has claimed in an interview to have cloned three babies who are now living in eastern Europe.





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Neuroscientists uncover possible basis of short-term memory

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Ben W. Strowbridge, PhD, associate professor of neuroscience and physiology/biophysics, and Phillip Larimer, PhD, a MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, ...


House and Senate look to final health care talks

Medicine & Health / Health

created 19 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage - plus who will pay for it - will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama's health care remake.


Climate change puts ecosystems on the run, researchers say

Climate change puts ecosystems on the run, researchers say

Space & Earth / Environment

created 19 hours ago | popularity 1.8 / 5 (5) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming is causing habitats to move across the landscape. Can the creatures living there keep up? If they can't, some species may die out, researchers say.


High-tech vehicles pose trouble for some mechanics

Technology / Other

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5

(AP) -- A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to."


Splitting fluorescent protein helps image clusters in live cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Half a protein is better than none, and in this case, it's way better than a whole one. A Rice University lab has discovered that dividing a particular fluorescent protein and using it as a tag is handy for analyzing the ...


As shuttle's career nears an end, NASA turns focus to satellites

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

NASA heads into 2010 with the bittersweet assignment of retiring the space shuttle after nearly three decades. But that's not all the agency has planned: There are also launches of three new satellites aimed at better understanding ...


Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings

Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rhizoctonia, a fungal disease that can be found in many ornamental plants, can be eliminated in azalea by placing plant cuttings in a hot water treatment, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...


New tool in the fight against mosquito-borne disease: A microbial 'mosquito net'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Earlier this year, researchers showed that they could cut the lives of disease-carrying mosquitoes in half by infecting them with a bacterium they took from fruit flies. Now, a new report in the December 24th issue of Cell, ...


Critical protein helps mend damaged DNA

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In order to preserve our DNA, cells have developed an intricate system for monitoring and repairing DNA damage. Yet precisely how the initial damage signal is converted into a repair response remains unclear. Researchers ...


Scientists identify protein that keeps stem cells poised for action

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like a child awaiting the arrival of Christmas, embryonic stem cells exist in a state of permanent anticipation. They must balance the ability to quickly become more specialized cell types with the cellular chaos that could ...



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