News tagged with cloning technology

S.Korea scientist wins dog cloning court battle

Disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk has won a copyright battle over dog-cloning techniques his colleagues said Saturday.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Animal eggs not suitable substitutes to produce stem cells

Since the cloning of Dolly the Sheep over a decade ago, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been considered a promising way to generate human, patient-specific stem cells for therapeutic applications. The shortage of ...

Biology /

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Sexual reproduction brings long-term benefits, study shows

Courtship rituals can be all-consuming, demanding time and effort – but now scientists have discovered why it might be worth it.

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Scientists clone 'survivor' elm trees

Scientists at the University of Guelph have found a way to successfully clone American elm trees that have survived repeated epidemics of their biggest killer — Dutch elm disease.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

S.Korean, Russian scientists bid to clone mammoth

Russian and South Korean scientists have signed a deal on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (36) | comments 21

Caught in the act: Study discovers microbes speciating

Not that long ago in a hot spring in Kamchatka, Russia, two groups of genetically indistinguishable microbes decided to part ways. They began evolving into different species – despite the fact that they ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Amazon pulls iPads from China site: report

Internet retail titan Amazon has pulled iPads from its website in China at Apple's request, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover 'green' pesticide effective against citrus pests

University of Florida researchers have discovered a key amino acid essential for human nutrition is also an effective insecticide against caterpillars that threaten the citrus industry.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

ZiiLABS unveils 100-Core ZMS-40 processor: Double the performance, half the power consumption

ZiiLABS, a pioneering media processor and platforms company (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd), today unveiled its ground-breaking 100-core ZMS-40 StemCell Media processor optimized for ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Genetic buzzer-beater genes may save fish

Two distinct populations of rainbow trout -- one in Alaska, the other in Idaho -- share a genetic trait that could have huge implications for fisheries conservation and management, an eight-member research team reports.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Putting a face -- and a fingerprint -- to a name

Bill Conner runs a defense company whose customers are threatened by new forms of global attack every day.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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