July 28, 2006
It would be ironic were it not so damaging - agricultural pests are wreaking havoc with China's great experiment in pest-resistant GM crops
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The US president's press secretary betrays George W Bush's morally inconsistent position on the research - and it's a position that needs to change
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July 26, 2006
Nine Japanese patients with cirrhosis are given pioneering treatment that uses bone marrow cells from their own bodies, and initial results are encouraging
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July 21, 2006
The new orthodoxy of the selfish gene is blinding us to the subtleties of genetics. welcomes a broader approach
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A species of Darwin's finch in the Galapagos has evolved a smaller beak to avoid competing with a larger-billed recent immigrant
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We've discovered the master control that triggers puberty, but should we use it? investigates
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July 20, 2006
The president's move comes after the US Senate and House of Representatives both approved a bill to widen federal funding on stem cell research
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July 19, 2006
A narrow failure to get a two-thirds majority leaves the plan to widen US federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research in jeopardy
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July 18, 2006
A socioeconomic system of racial segregation might explain how a small number of Anglo-Saxon invaders supplanted the native Celts
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July 17, 2006
"George Cloney" is the first to be cloned by a technique that is apparently twice as efficient as previous methods and one-tenth as costly
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July 14, 2006
The sperm generated by the new technique went on to fertilise eggs and produce live offspring in mice - the method may one day help infertile men have children
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Catholic stem cell researchers could be banned from taking Holy Communion, relieved of church duties and even denied a church burial
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