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Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells
For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...
Tags: Diabetes, Science, Genetic Condition, Alzheimer's Disease, Nobel Prize Awards
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Trial opens for 'female James Bond' in model's death
He is not in court. He is not even charged with a crime. But looming over the murder trial of a woman accused of strangling an aspiring model and actress in her Santa Monica apartment five years ago is a doctor who once dated the victim. A...
Tags: Murder, Justice System, Judges, Trials, Lawyers
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Cold case heats up: Man charged with homicide in Shoemakersville woman's 2002 death
One week after Hope Babel's body was found in the burned-out ruins of her Shoemakersville apartment, Ryan J. Stufflet told an acquaintance, "If something happens with this, I'm going to kill myself," police said Tuesday. Nearly 11 years later, state...Tags: Murder, Justice System, Nursing Homes, Witnesses, Arson
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Angelina Jolie mastectomy: A closer look at DNA, breast cancer risk
By opting for surgery to remove her breasts while they were still healthy, Angelina Jolie joined a growing number of women who have used genetic testing to take control of their health. Here are answers to some common questions about how DNA...
Tags: Judaism, Symptoms, Healthcare Provider, American Cancer Society, Ovarian Cancer
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Scientists create human stem cells through cloning
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996: They transplanted genetic...Tags: Values, Trials, Heart Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Animals
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Scientists finally get stem cells from cloned human embryos, possible step toward treatments
AP Science WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes. A prominent expert called the work a landmark, but...Tags: Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses, Science, Entertainment Events, Genetic Condition
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DNA links woman to the slaying of aspiring model, prosecutor says
The killing of an aspiring 21-year-old model and actress found strangled in her Santa Monica apartment was connected to a business negotiation that her father ended with a Marina del Rey doctor just days before her death, a prosecutor told jurors...
Tags: Murder, Leila Fowler, Justice System, General Practitioners, Trials
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U.S. Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in patent fight
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a ruling that drew sighs of relief from the biotechnology industry, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an Indiana farmer violated agribusiness company Monsanto Co.'s patent for a type of soybean. The court agreed...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Monsanto Company, Elena Kagan, Invention and Innovation
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Gacy review helps solve 41-year-old missing person's case
When 16-year-old Steven Soden ran away from a New Jersey campground in 1972 and was never seen again, his family feared he may have become a victim of John Wayne Gacy. Steven's father lived in Chicago and relatives thought he may have headed here and...
Tags: Criminals, Chemical Industry
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DNA evidence may clear Honduran man sentenced to death in Florida
ReutersBy Barbara Liston SANFORD, May 14 (Reuters) - Lawyers seeking to overturn the murder conviction of a Honduran man who has been on Florida's death row since 2006 presented new DNA and blood stain evidence in a Florida court on Tuesday. Clemente Aguirre-...Tags: Crimes, Murder, Justice System, Illegal Immigrants, Trials
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, American Civil Liberties Union, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, The New York Times
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Do humans need mystery 'junk' DNA? This carnivorous plant doesn't
How’s this for spring cleaning? Scientists have discovered that a carnivorous plant deletes so much of its own junk DNA that it has hardly any left. The finding, published online in Nature, hints that such noncoding DNA may not be as important as...
Tags: Science, Plant Openings, Science and Technology, Biology, Chemical Industry
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