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China Successfully Cloned Monkeys – Are Humans Next?
Cloned Monkeys! It was over 21 years ago now when University of Edinburgh scientists successfully cloned the first mammal. Its name is “Dolly”, paving the way for further advancements in genetic research. Now Chinese researchers have moved the needle even further towards actual human cloning, by successfully cloning macaque monkeys.…
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Woman Made Biologically Younger by Gene Therapy
The CEO of gene therapy company BioViva Sciences USA claims to have become the first person to have been successfully made biologically younger following an experimental procedure. Elizabeth Parrish, who also founded BioViva, has announced that the gene therapy she received has made the 44-year-old around 20 years younger, according…
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Artificial Intelligence Solves 120-Year-Old Mystery of Cellular Regeneration
An artificial intelligence has, with absolute autonomy (i.e. no input from humans), cracked a 120-year-old biological mystery. A team of computer scientists and biologists from Tufts University developed a computer that was able to form its own theories when given scientific data to work from. The first challenge the team…
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First Detailed Image of the World’s Smallest Known Life Form Revealed
Have you ever wondered just how small a life form can get? Well, you are about to get the answer to that question. Scientists appear to have captured the first detailed microscopy images of an ultra-small bacteria. The group of scientists who photographed the images are from the U.S. Department…
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OK Go Plans to Release Album on DNA
Innovative rock band OK Go, famous for spectacular home-made music videos, wants to encode the band’s fourth album, Hungry Ghosts, on DNA. Lead singer Damian Kulash, who studied computer science at university, recalls the fork in the road that took him toward music: “I remember sitting with my friend and…
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Two Headed Dolphin Washes up on Turkish Beach
Firstly, sorry for the rather grim image you’re looking at, it’s the only one of the creature and secondly, before you all say “this isn’t technology news!”, I know, but something as strange as this has to be brought to peoples attention. Now I’m sure we’ve all heard about conjoined…
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