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Animal Rights terrorists firebomb scientist's car
cross posted BNN: There has been a low-grade terrorist war in the US that gets little attention, and the shadowy group has attacked again. Several cars have been firebombed, and an animal rights group is behind the atta… -
Stem cell breakthrough, and why it's important
A lot of the stem cell debate has been spun to ridicule pro life types, and to accuse Bush as hardhearted for “politicizing” science. One result of the spin has been that the very real and widespread succe… -
Stem cells research will increase risky "egg" buying trade in the third world
There is a lot of hype out there about embryonic stem cells, true and false. Much of the negative hype is from “pro lifers” who point out (correctly) that most of the actual stem cell therapies so far have come from a… -
Will a blood pressure medicine prevent Parkinson's disease
The news this morning is that studies suggest ISRADIPINE, a medicine mainly used to lower blood pressure, might prevent or even reverse cell changes that lead to Parkinson’s disease. “Parkinson’s occurs when dopamin… -
Scientist finds how to switch adult stem cells to embryonic version
Today's Nature has an article about how a scientist has turned a rat fibroblast into an "embryonic" type cell; this would mean that a doctor could take your own cells and turn them into an embryonic type cell to repair o…
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- Name: Tio
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Fort Hood Shooting
NPR has an interesting interview from someone who ... -
Questions about the Fort Hood Murders No one will ask
One has some questions not being raised in the pre... -
Medical news of the week: Fat is good for you
A couple weeks ago, I saw an article saying that t...
