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Biology Issues - September 2007

Alien-like jaws in moray eels (LINK)

September 12th 2007 04:46
From National Geographic, 5 September 2007, by Sara B. McPherson:

"Much like the fearsome star of the Alien movies, moray eels have a second set of toothed jaws that drag prey into their throats, a new study has found.
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Latest stem cell news from Britain

September 6th 2007 09:59
From BBC News, Wednesday 5 September, 2007:

"Regulators have agreed in principle to allow human-animal embryos to be created and used for research.
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A step closer to artificial organisms

September 6th 2007 09:20
From the J. Craig Venter Institute:

"ROCKVILLE, MD — June 28, 2007 — Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) today announced the results of work on genome transplantation methods allowing them to transform one type of bacteria into another type dictated by the transplanted chromosome. The work, published online in the journal Science, by JCVI’s Carole Lartigue, Ph.D. and colleagues, outlines the methods and techniques used to change one bacterial species, Mycoplasma capricolum into another, Mycoplasma mycoides Large Colony (LC), by replacing one organism’s genome with the other one’s genome.
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Is this what alien life is like?

September 3rd 2007 02:19
From PhysOrg, August 9, 2007:

"The findings hint at the possibility that life beyond earth may not necessarily use carbon-based molecules as its building blocks. They also point to a possible new explanation for the origin of life on earth.
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