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Futurity.org – 24 new genes linked to nearsighted vision
“We already knew that myopia—or short-sightedness—tends to run in families, but until now we knew little about the genetic causes,” says Chris Hammond, a professor at King’s College London. (Credit:...
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We broke the tomato, and we’re using science to fix it | Ars Technica
Canned tomato labels. lgsinden We broke the tomato, and we’re using science to fix it We’ve bred tomatoes for high productivity with no regard for their taste. by John Timmer – Feb 19 2013, 8:30am EST...
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Agriculture Update: Notes from the GMO Battlefront | World Future Society
Len Rosen’s blog › Agriculture Update: Notes from the GMO Battlefront Posted on February 19, 2013 Subject(s): Agriculture The GMO (genetically modified organism) FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) needs...
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The Gene Machine and Me – IEEE Spectrum
MAN AND MACHINE: Jonathan Rothberg says his genome scanner will revolutionize medicine. Photo: David Yellen The Gene Machine and Me Ion Torrent’s chip-based genome sequencer is cheap, fast, and...
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Magnetogenetics: A new technique to control the inner workings of human cells...
Magnetogenetics: A new technique to control the inner workings of human cells and build neural circuits By John Hewitt on March 6, 2013 at 9:46 am In the brain, the complex circuits behind our...
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Return of the Neanderthals — National Geographic
A reconstruction of a Neanderthal female. Photograph by Joe McNally, National Geographic Return of the Neanderthals Should scientists seek to clone our ancient hominid cousins? Virginia Hughes for...
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Pictures: Extinct Species That Could Be Brought Back — National Geographic
Pictures: Extinct Species That Could Be Brought Back Woolly Mammoth Photograph by Jonathan S. Blair, National Geographic A museum worker inspects a replica of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus...
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“Evolution Is Not Over”–New Insights Into the Genetic Code — The Daily Galaxy
March 06, 2013 “Evolution Is Not Over” –New Insights Into the Genetic Code Swiss Researchers are looking several billion years back in time, when life on Earth was just beginning to examine how a...
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Flip of a single molecular switch makes an old brain young | KurzweilAI
A cultured neuron with projecting dendrites studded with sites of communication between neurons, known as dendritic spines (Yale University) A 3-D reconstruction of neurons in the somatosensory...
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Opinion: The Case for Reviving Extinct Species — National Geographic
A Nenets boy touches a mammoth carcass outside the Shemanovsky Museum in Russia. Photograph by Francis Latreille, International Mammoth Committee/National Geographic Opinion: The Case for Reviving...
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