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Cloning
Ban
Therapeutic
cloning may be banned by Congress. Why should you care?
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Stem Cells
Research
into genetic diseases may be more difficult if only a limited line
of stem cells are available to science. Who will suffer the most?
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Pharm Fields
Farmers
could be cultivating all kinds of new crops if genetic engineering
lives up to its potential. More
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Milk money?
How
can dairy farmers increase milk production without increasing the
size of their herds? More
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What's
in the Beef?
Genetically engineered
growth hormones are commonly used in beef production. More
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Fields
of Genes
Farmers
across the country are taking advantage of a whole new crop of high-tech
alternatives. More |
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Environmental
Impacts
Will
genetically engineered crops help or harm the environment? It depends
on whom you ask. More |
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UK Cloning
Controversy
It's a brave
new world in Britain, the first country in the world to legalize
limited cloning of human embryos.
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Meet the
Mammal that Made History
Dolly
the sheep was the first successfully cloned mammal in history.
Dolly the sheep has arthritis. Is it because of the cloning procedure?
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The
Age of Clones
Do clones age more
quickly than "natural" organisms? Researchers are looking
into it. More
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CopyCat
The
first pet was cloned. CopyCat is a genetic clone of her "mother,"
Rainbow. More |
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To
Label or Not to Label ... That Is the Question
One of the biggest
controversies brewing in the field of genetic engineering is whether
to label foods that use genetic engineering in their production process.
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A
Legislator's Argument for Labeling
A bill
by Representative Barbara Boxer failed to pass, but here is her argument
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What
People Think
In "Brave
New Farm," James Walsh reports on opposition to GE foods. "What People
Think" reports consumer responses to two questions.
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International
Food Information Council
The
International Food Information Council (IFIC) conducted phone surveys.
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Cloning
Candidates
Which animals represent the best bets for cloning
and which ones aren't such hot prospects? More |
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Tasmanian
Tiger
Bringing
Back the Tasmanian Tiger! Scientists hope DNA will allow cloning
of an extinct marsupial. More
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Killer Cures?
Two
deadly viruses, the ones that cause Ebola and AIDS, could actually
help cure a devastating and deadly genetic disease. More
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First
Failure
Gene therapy is a promising path that researchers are following to
find cures and treatments for deadly genetic diseases. More |
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Success
Story
The first disease
successfully treated by gene therapy was Severe Combined Immune Deficiency
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Currently
Available Tests
Some
gene tests available as of 1998 from clinical genetics laboratories
approved by New York State. More
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Genes &
Jobs
Do
you have the right genes for the job? Employers could use genetic
testing to find out.
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Ensuring
Genetic Privacy
Genetic
testing is a powerful tool that currently can reveal important information
about an individual's health. But... More |
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Horrible
Hog
In
a 1985 experiment, a group of pigs had the gene for human growth
hormone engineered into their DNA. More
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Art or Absurd?
A
Chicago artist stirred up a lot of controversy when he hired French
scientists to genetically engineer a rabbit. More
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Transformed
Taters
Researchers managed to genetically engineer a gene from
a fluorescent jellyfish into a potato. Why? More
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Silk
in the Milk
What
is thinner than a strand of hair, yet stronger than than a strand
of steel? You might be surprised by the answer. More |
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Genetically
Engineered Bt Corn
Chemical insecticides are one effective way to combat
pests, but scientists have hit upon another solution.
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Roundup
Ready
Some of the biggest benefits promised by GE crops are environmental
ones. More
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Banana
Vaccine
Genetically engineered foods that deliver more than
just nutrition. More
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Dolly
& Polly
Scientists work to produce medical products through genetics. More |
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Got
Milk? Get Eggs! A
research team in Georgia believes chickens are ideal candidates to
produce human protein. More |
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Biotech
Bossies scientists
are actively researching ways to produce human antibodies without
humans.
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Xenotransplantation
Should animals be bred as organ factories for humans? More
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Gene
Therapy
Gene
therapy for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency syndrome (SCID)
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Who
Oversees the Research?
In
the United States, gene therapy techniques must be approved by the
federal government. More |
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Delivery
Disruptions
Obstacles of gene therapy. More
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Somatic Cell
Gene Therapy and Germ Line Gene Therapy
The two "classes"
of gene therapy More
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Genetically
Engineered Insulin
The resulting insulin is so close to human insulin
that it is virtually impossible to distinguish one from the other.
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Future
Fuels
Biotech breakthroughs
are making alternative fuels cheaper to produce. More |
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Plenty
of Products
The sky's the limit when it comes to the number of new products that
could result from genetic engineering. So what's in the works?
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Bioprospecting
What's the new frontier for adventurous explorers More |
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Laundry
Detergent
How did genetic engineering get mixed up in laundry detergent? More |
