Costly Cloning Isn't a Cure-All
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Therapeutic cloning is both vilified and hailed as the only hope for stem-cell cures. But it may be prohibitively expensive and unnecessary, at least for developing stem-cell therapies. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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U.S. researchers said on Sunday they  had found a more efficient way to clone mice, and said their  experiment solved a basic question about cloning science --  whether it truly is possible to clone animals from mature  cells.
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Scientists trying to create life are more like engineers than biologists. They want to make stuff rather than learn about life.
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Letter Can collective database licensing cure this tragedy of the commons?
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A new approach for producing embryonic stem cells faces considerable hurdles, executives from stem cell companies said.
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Genzyme Corp. is expanding its research  into gene therapy, a controversial and cutting-edge approach to  treating disease which most companies avoid.
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A California company says it has cloned two human embryos. Will someone please tell us what the big deal is?
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Regulatory approval could catalyze  the nascent U.S. cloning industry, but leading firms say growth  would come slowly as they battle to win consumers over to the  concept of food from cloned animals.
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Using a technique borrowed from in vitro fertilization, researchers have for the first time shown that it is possible to create new embryonic stem cell colonies without destroying human embryos. Corrected article
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Synthetic biology can help fight emerging infections, rather than aid the design of bioweapons, says Dr Craig Venter.
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Technological "inventions" are not going to have the same kind of transformative value that they did in the past.
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Embryonic stem cells may not have to actually grow replacement body parts to be useful.    New research suggests these cells also secrete healing molecules powerful enough to reverse a lethal birth defect in mice...
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Many technologies may be a waste of time and money, researcher says.
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Cloned animals may often be born deformed and die young but scientists, who have looked at every aspect of their biology to try to explain why, can find no evidence that it would be dangerous to eat them.
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The United Nations abandons efforts to ban all cloning and opts for a non-binding resolution. It's a blow to President Bush's efforts to push a ban and a victory for embryonic stem cell researchers. By Kristen Philipkoski
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Like many, I was pretty shocked by the recent Microsoft-EU deal to settle the long-running investigation into interoperability issues.  This was not so much because of the way Microsoft has used every kind of delaying tactic it could before eventually agreeing (for the nth time) to try harder in the future.  My real dismay was provoked by the gap between appearance and reality â a chasm that I think bodes ill for the future of open source. read more
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Forget genetic engineering. The new idea is synthetic biology, an effort to rewire the genetic circuitry of living organisms.