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Research Shows Therapeutic Cloning Can Cure Parkinson's-Like Disease In Mice
September 22, 2003 New research from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), Cornell University, and The University of Connecticut describes a novel way of producing therapeutic nerve cells that can cure mice ... > full story -
Young Sea Animals Clone Themselves—century-Old Debate Halted
September 11, 2003 After more than a century of intensive study, scientists have assumed that larvae of non-parasitic invertebrates reproduce only very rarely, but new research by University of Alberta scientists ... > full story -
Molecule Identified That Contributes To Essential Cell Functioning Process
September 3, 2003 New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified a cellular enzyme that helps regulate the synthesis of proteins essential to cell functioning throughout the life of ... > full story -
NIEHS Study Identifies Gene For Hydrocephalus In Mice
August 22, 2003 Scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have identified a gene called RFX4 that is responsible for the birth defect hydrocephalus in mice. Loss of a single copy of this ... > full story -
Protein Holds Promise As New Diabetes Drug Target
July 18, 2003 Scientists at the pharmaceutical company Hoffman-La Roche have discovered a chemical compound that activates the glucokinase enzyme and that could lead to a new medication for type 2 ... > full story -
Scientists Find Gene That Protects Against Potato Blight
July 15, 2003 Scouring the genome of a wild Mexican potato, scientists have discovered a gene that protects potatoes against late blight, the devastating disease that caused the Irish potato ... > full story -
Cloning Embryos From Cancer Cells
June 4, 2003 Nuclei removed from mouse brain tumor cells and transplanted into mouse eggs whose own nuclei have been removed, give rise to cloned embryos with normal tissues, even though the mutations causing the ... > full story -
University Of Idaho, Utah State University Team First To Clone Equine
May 30, 2003 A University of Idaho-Utah State University research team is the first worldwide to clone a member of the horse family, a mule, according to an article to be published in the journal ... > full story -
Gene May Produce Drought-Resistant Plants
May 22, 2003 The identification and duplication of a gene that controls production of plants' outermost protective coating may allow Purdue University researchers to create crops with increased drought ... > full story -
Scientists Produce Mouse Eggs From Embryonic Stem Cells, Demonstrating Totipotency Even In Vitro
May 2, 2003 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created the first mammalian gametes grown in vitro directly from embryonic stem cells. The work, in which mouse stem cells placed in Petri dishes -- ... > full story
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