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Collins On Human Genome Project – “We’ve Only Just Begun”

In a Reuters story posted yesterday, Francis Collins, one of the directors of the Human Genome Project, was asked if the Project had lived up to the hype that accompanied the sequencing of the entire human genome ten years ago. … Continue reading

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ISC Patent On Making Human Stem Cells Advances Cloning Technology

  sale viagra without prescription Apart from being praised as an ethical work-around to the problems of destroying early-stage human embryos—often about to be discarded as surplusage by fertility clinics — to obtain human pluripotent stem cells, Revazova et al. … Continue reading

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DNA As Information. “Synthetic Genome” Paper Brings New Life To Old Debate

In the landmark paper by Gibson, Smith, Venter et al, Science Express (May 20, 2010), reporting the successful replacement of one bacterial genome by a completely synthetic, functional chromosome,  the authors note: “This work provides a proof of principle for … Continue reading

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Therasense To Be Re-Heard En Banc – “I Feel Your Pain”

Monday’s decision by the Federal Circuit to vacate the split panel decision in Therasense, Inc. v. Becton Dickinson & Co., 593 F.3d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (link at end of post) and rehear the case en banc makes it impossible for … Continue reading

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