Synthetic life 'advance' reported
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A US team reports how it built in the lab the entire set of genetic instructions needed to drive a bacterial cell.
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New York -- A new study shows that genes from genetically engineered grass can spread much farther than previously known, a finding that raises questions about the straying of other plants altered through biotechnology.
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Scientists working to build a life form from scratch have patented the method they plan to use.
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Meet five people whose breakthroughs make the progress of science real. Chosen from hundreds of applicants to Apple&#146;s Bioinformatics Award Program, they are shaping our health and our world through their research in biotechnology &#151; and the help of Apple&#146;s Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics. [Sep 2]
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The number of mutated genes driving cancer development is greater than previously thought, research shows.
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A synthetic molecule based on one found in frog egg cells could potentially be used to treat brain tumours.
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Genetics pioneer Craig Venter has news from the frontiers of biology.
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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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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 15  /PRNewswire/ -- The most recent edition of Molecular Systems Biology (a Nature publication), released this week, contains the results of a study discovering a "missing link" between metabolic pathways and cell reproduction.
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Science & environment: Craig Venter announces the creation of a synthetic chromosome, one of the task's final hurdles
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&quot;The bottom line is that stem cell research will advance. This declaration will not chill stem cell research,&quot; said Bernard.
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Scientists in Britain say they are making remarkable advances in the search for life in other solar systems, though results are more than a decade off.
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The latest findings may expand the ways of generating customized stem cells for new treatments
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Researchers have assembled the entire genome of a living organism -- a bacterium -- in what they hope is an important step to creating artificial life.
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By Anonymous  In an article e-published on April 5 ahead of print in Gene Therapy, Raty et al.
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New methane readings from a space probe raise the possibility that microbial life could exist on Mars. Some scientists, though, remain skeptical.
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Scientists have moved closer to being able to use human stem cells to manufacture blood.