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November 07, 2005
phosita ::: biotech links for 2005-11-07
- Scientists are working to produce genetically modified chickens with resistance to all strains of bird flu.
- Researchers at UCLA are working on ways to arm blood stem cells in the bone marrow against HIV. Although the strategy does not amount to a cure, it may be more effective than current anti-viral treatments and some day might have the potential to immunize
- One of the greatest murder mysteries of all time - the identity of Jack the Ripper - may soon be revealed by DNA technology developed in Australia. Scientist Ian Findlay will use the new test on saliva the notorious serial killer would have left behind if
- Using nothing more than a swab of saliva and the internet, a 15-year-old boy has tracked down his anonymous sperm donor father, according to details released today.
- One year after scientists discovered a gene whose flaw contributes to dyslexia, two more such genes have now been identified.
- Rhea Tauber is 98 but has more energy than people 20 years younger. From a second-floor office in her town house in Yonkers, N.Y. she writes a regular column on current events for the Westchester Jewish Chronicle. She taxis into Manhattan to go to the sym
- The threat of a pandemic is revolutionizing the vaccine industry, with billions pouring into new technology.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 05:17 AM.
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