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Harvesting Energy from the Human Body
Bioethics Group Raises DNA Database Concerns
Mitochondria and the Prevention of Death
Researchers Discover Gene That Blocks HIV
HIV Vaccine Ready For Clinical Trials
Brain Heatsink Could Reduce Epilepsy
California Blocks RFID Implants In Workers
Hacking a Pacemaker
Homeland Security Commissions LED-Based Puke-Saber
How and Why Knots Spontaneously Form
Implanted RFID Chips Linked To Cancer
Key Step In Programmed Cell Death Discovered
MIT Finds Cure For Fear
PETA Offers X-Prize for Artificial Meat
Springy Nanotubes Could Make Artificial Muscles
Genetic Modification Produces Mighty Mouse
Green Light for Human/Animal Hybrids
Authentic Viking DNA From 1,000-Year-Old Skeletons
Bacteria Harnessed As Micro-Robot Motors
Banked Blood May Not Be As Effective As Hoped
Brain Interface Lets Monkeys Control Prosthetic Limbs
Chinese Develop Remote Controlled Pigeons
Fish Poison Makes Hot Feel Cold and Vice Versa
GE Microbes Make Ersatz Crude Oil From Many Sources
Genetically Modified Maize Is Toxic — Greenpeace
Girl's Heart Regenerates With Artificial Assist
New Nanoparticle Cancer Therapy
Pitch Perception Skewed By Modern Tuning
Single Gene Gives Mice Three-Color Vision
Stem-Cell-Like Cells Produced From Skin
UK Moves To Allow Human Hybrid Experiments
A 3-D View of the Brain
Artificial Life May Be Possible Within Ten Years
Backing Up Your Brain
GMOs Perfected Down to the Chromosome Level
Humanity's Genetic Diversity on the Decline
Kurzweil on the Future
New Microscope Watches Cells in 3D
Pope Denounces Some Biotech as Affront to 'Human Dignity'
Researchers Find Potential Cure for Cancer
Scientists Build Possibly The First Man-Made Genome
Scientists Create Zombie Cockroaches
US Scientist Creates Artificial Life
Ape-Human Split Moved Back By Millions Of Years
Bionic Cat Eye Implants Aid Blindness Research
Cancer Drug Found; Scientist Annoyed
Cheap Blood Clot Detection Device
Chefs As Chemists
Cocaine Vaccine In the Works
DoE-Sponsored Project Readies Human Trial For Artificial Retinas
Femtosecond Laser Shatters Viruses
First Successful Genome Transplant In Bacteria
Freeman Dyson On Open Source Biology
Fructose As Culprit In the Obesity Epidemic
Interstellar Dust Could Be "Alive"
Lack of Sunlight Could Lead To Early Death
MIT Team Creates Cancer Stem Cells
Microbes Churn Out Hydrogen at Record Rate
Neural "Extension Cord" Developed
New Scientific Evidence Emerges In Anthrax Case
Possible Cure For Autism
Possible Monogamy Gene Found In People
President Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act
Promising Blood Test for Alzheimer's
PubPat Kills Four Key Monsanto Patents
Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps
Researchers Modify T-Cells, Make Them HIV Resistant
Self-Healing Artificial Muscles
Sperm Made From Female Bone Marrow, Men Obsolete?
Stem Cell Targeting Wins First Nobel of 2007
Synthetic DNA About To Yield New Life Forms
The 1000 Genomes Project
UK Approves Human-Pig Embryo Stem-Cell Harvest
Viral Fossil Brought Back To Life
'Safe Ebola' Created for Research
Adult Stem Cell Growth Treats Cornea Disorders
Are Aliens Living Among Us?
DNA to Test Theory of Roman Village in China
Echeria Coli Co-Opted To Make Gasoline
Genetically Engineered Mouse is Not Scared of Cats
Japan's Unique Cow/Whale Hybrid Experiments
Life May Have Evolved In Ice
Major Breakthrough in Direct Neural Interface
Methane-Eating Bacteria Could Combat Global Warming
Open Source, Genetically Engineered Machines From a Kit?
A Panoramic View of Your Insides
A Step Closer to Creating Artificial Life
All Blood Converted to Type O?
Anti-Bacterial Soap No Better Than Plain Soap
Artificial Blood Vessels Grow On Nano-Template
Ask Aubrey de Grey About Longevity Research
Autism Reversed in Mice at MIT Lab
Bacteria Make Major Evolutionary Shift In the Lab
Bacteria To Protect Against Quakes
Bits of Tassie Tiger Brought Back from Extinction
Blood Vessel Shunt May Save Limbs In War
Brain Cells Observed Summoning a Memory
California Cracks Down On Genetic Testing
Caltech Creates Electronic Nose
Cell Metabolism Artificially Enhanced
Cell Towers Not Responsible For Illness
Cloned Sniffer Dogs Begin Training
Cloned, Glow in the Dark Cats
Crime Reduction Linked To Lead-Free Gasoline
Detecting Cancer Without Drawing Blood
Drug Halts Decline In Alzheimer's Patients
Drug Selectively Removes Rats' Memory
Faster and Open Access to Scientific Results
First DNA Molecule Constructed from Mostly Synthetic Components
First Genetically Modified Human Embryo Under Review
HP Skin Patch May Replace Needles
Hardware Implants Mimic Brain Cells
Heart Corset to Reduce Congestive Heart Failure
Humans Evolved From a Single Origin In Africa
IBM To Help Sequence the Chocolate Genome
Live Architecture — Grow Your Own Home
MIT Engineers World's First Schizophrenic Mice
Major Advance In Understanding Cell Reprogramming
Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs
Mapping the Brain's Neural Network
Monsanto's Harvest of Fear
Music From DNA Patented
New Drug Helps to Dampen Bad Memories
Photosynthesis May Rely On Quantum Effect
Potential Cure For Antibiotic Resistant Infections
Researchers Create Beating Heart In Lab
Scientists Create Sheep That Are 15 Percent Human
Something in Your Food is Moving
Synthetic Biology For Natural Fuel
The Fight To End Aging Gains Legitimacy, Funding
Treating the Dead
Walking Molecule Now Carries Packages
What is the First Day in a University Lab Like?
Grow Your Own Heart Valves
$999 For a Complete DNA Scan, Worth it?
'Gamercize' Cardio at Our Desk
Adult Brains More Flexible Than Previously Thought
Artificial Bases Added to DNA
Bionic Hand Makes it to Market
Cheap, Safe, Patentless Cancer Drug Discovered
Drugs to Prevent Cell Suicide
Duke Scientists Map 'Silenced Genes'
FDA Sees Nanotech Challenges In Every Product Category
Genetic Information on Major Diseases Uncovered
Grid Computes 420 Years Worth of Data in 4 Months
Human Blood May Contain A Cure For AIDS
Humans Hardwired to Believe in Supernatural Deity?
Life with a Lethal Gene
Liquid Crystal Phases of DNA, Beginning of Life?
Modern Technology Reveals Mummy's Past
Nanotubes "As Deadly as Asbestos"
New Nerve Gas Antidotes
Newly Discovered Fungus Threatens World Wheat Crop
Perfect Crystals Grown by Cancelling Out Gravity on Earth
Photoshop Allows Us To Alter Our Memories
Politically Incorrect Observations About Human Nature
Scientists Identify How the Body Senses Cold
Spontaneous Brain Activity and Human Behavior
Stem Cell Fraudster May Have Actually Made Breakthrough
Stem Cells Change Man's DNA
Super-Light Plastic As Strong as Steel
T. Rex Protein Analysis Supports Dinosaur-Bird Link
Team Claims Synthetic Life Feat
The Future of Putting Chips Inside Our Brains
The Role of Retroviruses in Human Evolution
The World's Longest Carbon Nanotube
Three Parents Contribute to Experimental Human Embryo
Two Companies Now Offering Personal Gene Sequencing
Vitamin D Deficiency Behind Many Western Cancers?
What is Your Favorite Way to Make Coffee?
'Bionic' Nerve To Repair Damaged Limbs and Organs
Bill Would Require Labels on Cloned Food
Brain Implants Relieve Alzheimer's Damage
Viruses Infected By Viruses
A Giant Step in Cloning
Blind Mice See Again After Cell Transplants
DHS to Begin Collecting DNA of Anyone Arrested
DNA-rainbow, A New Vision of Human Chromosomes
MIT Shows How to Shut Down Brain With Light
New Superbug Weapon to Replace Failing Antibiotics
Researchers Create a Protein Map of Human Spit
See-Through Fish Help Cancer Research
Skin Stem Cells Used to Mend Spines of Rats
'Virus Sponge' Could Improve Flu Treatments, Diabetes Care, Vaccine Development
3-D Model of Breast Cancer in the Lab
3D Crystal Grown On a DNA Lattice
A 30-Picowatt Processor For Sensors
Alzheimer's Treatment Mooted
Ancestry Surprises From New Genetics Analysis Method
Ancestry.com To Add DNA Test Results
Another Way To Erase Memories
Apparent Suicide In Anthrax Case
Avoiding the Word "Evolution"
Bacteria Found Alive In Ice 120,000 Years Old
Bees Help Detectives Catch Serial Killers
Bilingualism Delays Onset of Dementia
Bill To Outlaw Genetic Discrimination In US
Bird Flu Pandemic Could Choke the Net
Blogger Subpoenaed for Criticizing Trial Lawyers
Brain Connection To Hypertension?

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