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Gene That's Key To Cloning Success Also Hints At Serious Hurdles To Reproductive Cloning
May 15, 2002 Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found that the activity of a single gene is a powerful predictor of whether newly cloned mammalian embryos will survive and thrive, but the ... > full story -
First Report Of Stem Cell Signal Of Intention To Become Specific Neuron; Cloned Cells Cure Parkinson's In Rat Model
May 10, 2002 Scientists at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago have discovered an important shortcut to creating a more efficient, more reliable, and safer source of stem cells with the ... > full story -
New Process Makes Genome Sequencing More Efficient
May 7, 2002 Sometimes the genius of a discovery lies in how its parts are put together. University of Georgia scientists have combined existing technologies in a unique way that could revolutionize genetic ... > full story -
Scientists Trace Recently Found Genes To The Evolution Of Big Brains
April 2, 2002 Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found that a pair of recently discovered genes enables the brain of vertebrate animals, including humans, to grow large and complex. ... > full story -
Gene Discovery Linked To Muscle Atrophy In Numerous Conditions
March 21, 2002 A newly identified gene, atrogin-1, is involved in muscle loss associated with cancer, diabetes, fasting and kidney disease as well as in the atrophy occurring with disuse, inactivity, and nerve or ... > full story -
Scientists Combine Therapeutic Cloning, Embryonic Stem Cells, And Gene Defect In Mice
March 11, 2002 While the promise of nuclear transplantation therapy, commonly referred to as "therapeutic cloning," has given hope to patients, like Christopher Reeve, and excited the research community and ... > full story -
Texas A&M Clones First Cat
February 15, 2002 In what is believed to be the first success of its kind, researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University have cloned a cat. A kitten, named "cc," was born to ... > full story -
Scientists Prove Mature Adult Cells Can Be Cloned
February 11, 2002 Researchers from Rudolf Jaenisch’s lab at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have taken a significant step toward answering a half century old question—do clones, like Dolly, ... > full story -
Important Milestone In Therapeutic Cloning: Advanced Cell Technology Reports Publication Of Results Of Human Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer And Parthenogenesis
November 26, 2001 Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. has announced publication of its research on human somatic cell nuclear transfer and parthenogenesis. The report, published in today’s Journal of ... > full story -
New DNA-Based Vaccine Approach Protects Mice Against Anthrax
October 16, 2001 Researchers here have shown that mice injected with fragments of DNA from anthrax bacteria can be immunized against the disease. In traditional vaccine approaches, researchers have used live, ... > full story
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