Controversial DNA pioneer's talk halted
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London's Science Museum canceled a Friday talk by Nobel Prize-winning geneticist James Watson after the co-discoverer of DNA's structure told a newspaper that Africans and Europeans had different levels of intelligence.
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British scientists who have created human embryos containing the DNA of not two, but three, people deny they are doing any gene altering. The point is to identify potential health risks and remove them, they say.
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A Nobel prize-winning scientist who reportedly claimed Africans and Europeans had different levels of intelligence is no longer welcome to deliver a lecture at London's Science Museum, the museum said Wednesday.
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London's Science Museum has cancelled a  talk by a Nobel prize-winning geneticist who suggested black  people were less intelligent than white people.
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a DNA pioneer and geneticist at Leicester University in England -- says the genetic profiles used in criminal investigations are not sophisticated enough to prevent false identifications.
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DNA scientist James Watson is understood to be heading home to the US to discuss his future after controversial comments about race and intelligence.
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DNA pioneer denies allegations of racism James Watson, the Nobel prize-winning scientist who caused an uproar earlier this week with his comments to a Sunday newspaper has been suspended by his research laboratory.â¦
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The biologist had ignited an uproar with comments about the intelligence of people of African descent.
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Nobel Prize-winner James Watson is suspended by his lab after commenting on race and intelligence.
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A gene therapy experiment that has triggered a federal investigation after the death of a patient on Tuesday raised a variety of concerns when it was first proposed to federal reviewers in 2003.
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The scientist who pioneered DNA fingerprinting has warned of the increasing danger of false positives as the use of the technique becomes more widespread.
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A Nobel laureate in medicine said Monday the Bush administration's limits on funding for embryonic stem cell research effectively have stopped the clock on American scientists' efforts to develop treatments for a host of chronic, debilitating diseases.
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Scientists say they have linked a faulty copy of a gene with the development of breast cancer.
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Researchers have halted two studies of an anti-AIDS vaginal gel in Africa and India after early results suggested it might raise the risk of HIV infection instead of lowering it.
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Science & environment: Decision follows cancellations after James Watson suggested black people are less intelligent.
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The scientist who discovered genetic &quot;fingerprinting&quot; 20 years ago said yesterday that he has some worries about the use of the technology.