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Novel Antigen-cloning Technique May Boost Efforts To Develop A Melanoma Vaccine (April 16, 2007) -- Experimental vaccines to help the immune system fight tumors have rarely been designed to directly stimulate helper T cells, one of the body's most critical immune responders, because of the ... > full story

No Sex For 40 Million Years? No Problem (March 20, 2007) -- A group of organisms that has never had sex in over 40 million years of existence has nevertheless managed to evolve into distinct species, says new research published today. The study challenges the ... > full story

Mouse Stem Cell Line Advance Suggests Potential For IVF-incompetent Eggs (February 20, 2007) -- Researchers have found that mouse oocytes that fail to become fertilized during in vitro fertilization are nevertheless often capable of succeeding as "cytoplasmic donors" during a subsequent cloning ... > full story

New Hope For Regenerative Medicine: Hematopoietic Reconstitution With Uniparental Stem Cells (February 19, 2007) -- In the February 15th issue of Genes & Development, Dr. K. John McLaughlin and colleagues report on their success in using uniparental embryonic stem cells to replace blood stem cells in mice. ... > full story

Researchers Replace Organ In Adult Mice Using 'Single-parent' Stem Cells (February 19, 2007) -- Single-parent stem cells can proliferate normally in an adult organ and could provide a less controversial alternative to the therapeutic cloning of embryonic stem ... > full story

Scientists Clone Mice From Adult Skin Stem Cells (February 12, 2007) -- Using a nuclear transfer procedure, scientists at Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have, for the first time, shown reproducibly that mice can be cloned from adult stem ... > full story

Food From Cloned Animals Safe? FDA Says Yes, But Asks Suppliers To Hold Off For Now (December 31, 2006) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new documents on the safety of animal cloning. "Based on FDA's analysis of hundreds of peer-reviewed publications and other studies on the ... > full story

Another Boost For Stem Cell Research (December 11, 2006) -- In the wake of the Australian Senate’s decision to pass the human embryo cloning legislation, another Australian research breakthrough is likely to strengthen the case for embryonic stem cell ... > full story

P(acman) Takes A Bite Out Of Deciphering Drosophila DNA (December 1, 2006) -- A new method of introducing DNA into the genome of fruit flies promises to transform the ability of scientists to study the structure and function of virtually all the fly's genes, and the method may ... > full story

Two Rapidly Evolving Genes Offer Geneticists Clues To Why Hybrids Are Sterile Or Do Not Survive (November 30, 2006) -- While hybrids -- the result of the mating of two different species -- may offer interesting and beneficial traits, they are usually sterile or unable to survive. For example, a mule, the result of ... > full story

Wheat Gene May Boost Foods' Nutrient Content (November 27, 2006) -- Researchers at the University of California, Davis, the US Department of Agriculture and the University of Haifa in Israel have cloned a gene from wild wheat that increases the protein, zinc and iron ... > full story

Cloned Mice Created From Fully Differentiated Cells, A Milestone In Cloning Research (October 2, 2006) -- New research dismisses the notion that adult stem cells are necessary for successful animal cloning, proving instead that cells that have completely evolved to a specific type not only can be used ... > full story

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Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada. Updated laboratory manual is a resource for technical and theoretical guidance. Contains a compilation of updated protocols and extensive background ... > read more

Human Molecular Genetics, Third Edition
Univ. of Newcastle, UK. Textbook focuses on the new knowledge in human molecular genetics since the Human Genome Project. Includes new chapters on cells and development and on functional genomics, ... > read more

Molecular Biology of the Gene, Fifth Edition
The long-awaited new edition of James D. Watson's classic text, Molecular Biology of the Gene, has been thoroughly revised and is published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Watson and Crick's ... > read more

Fragile Innocence : A Father's Memoir of His Daughter's Courageous Journey
Fragile Innocence is the story of a child devastated by pure chance. This moving narrative of a father’s journey to understand and accept the profound changes in his daughter’s life is at ... > read more

Evolution in Four Dimensions : Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)
Ideas about heredity and evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. New findings in molecular biology challenge the gene-centered version of Darwinian theory according to which adaptation ... > read more

Biology : The Unity and Diversity of Life (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)
Cecie Starr and Ralph Taggart are among the most successful authors in introductory, biological science instruction because of their lively approach, engaging writing style, current coverage of the ... > read more

Biological Science (2nd Edition)
Infused with the spirit of inquiry, Freeman's Biological Science helps teach readers the fundamentals while introducing them to the excitement that drives the science. By presenting unifying concepts ... > read more

Handbook of the Biology of Aging, Sixth Edition (Handbook of the Biology of Aging)
The Handbook of the Biology of Aging, Sixth Edition , provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research findings in the biology of aging. Intended as a summary for researchers, it is also ... > read more

The Zen of CSS Design : Visual Enlightenment for the Web (Voices That Matter)
Proving once and for all that standards-compliant design does not equal dull design, this inspiring tome uses examples from the landmark CSS Zen Garden site as the foundation for discussions on how ... > read more

Disorders of Hemoglobin: Genetics, Pathophysiology and Clinical Management
Disorders of Hemoglobin is the first comprehensive reference on the genetic and acquired disorders of hemoglobin in over a decade. It stands as the definitive work on the genetics, pathophysiology, ... > read more