Dalhousie scientists first in world to successfully clone insects
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HALIFAX (CP) - The buzzing. The biting. You&#39;d think there were already enough insects in the world to drive you buggy. However, a team of researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax announced Tuesday that
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Researchers transformed one bacterial species into another by swapping their genomes, a move that will accelerate the race to develop custom-built synthetic bugs, a pioneer on genetics said Thursday.
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Scientists said yesterday that they had transplanted a microbe's entire, tangled mass of DNA into a closely related organism, a delicate operation that cleanly transformed the recipient from one species into the other.
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A group of researchers has re-created with remarkable accuracy part of the genome of the common ancestor of all placental mammals, a small shrew-like creature that prowled the forests of what is now Asia more than 80 million years ago.
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Blog: Berkeley researchers have documented the super-fast recovery of tropical Hypolimnas bolina butterflies from the onslaught of a bacteria that killed only males.
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The race to create life from scratch is underway. But how close are scientists to making a synthetic organism?
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The first request by British scientists to clone human embryos has been granted by experts.
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Frank M.  Davis and other experts have developed an entire technology to breed large numbers of insects for a variety of exotic jobs.
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The first synthetic genome is pieced together by scientists, the next-to-last step in creating man-made life.
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Scientists use cloning to create personalized stem cell lines in monkeys.
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The first attempt at gene therapy against Parkinson&#39;s disease has yielded promising results and is safe, according to early data from this ground-breaking experiment.
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The first test-tube baby created from an egg matured in the laboratory and then frozen has been born in Canada, in a breakthrough offering hope to women with cancer and others unsuited to normal IVF treatment.
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A leading human genome scientist says he has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch in the lab.
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A team of University of Pittsburgh scientists has produced the world&#39;s first cloned monkey embryos with the help of the South Korean scientists who created the first mature human cloned embryos.
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Tiny metallic rods have been turned into miniature "propellers" by a Canadian research team.
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The Scottish scientist who created the world&#39;s first cloned sheep says he plans to seek permission to clone human tissue. Ian Wilmut, who works at the Roslin Institute
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An international team of scientists has created artificial roaches in order to study "collective intelligence."