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Cloning Fast Facts

Reproductive Cloning is the process of making a full living copy of an organism. Reproductive cloning of animals transplants nuclei from body cells into eggs that have had their nucleus removed. That ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine Announce Initiative on Human Gene Editing

Joint Statement by Ralph J. Cicerone and Victor J. Dzau WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine are launching a major initiative to guide decision making ...
Cantech Letter

duBreton Responds to Health Canada’s Approval of Gene-Edited Meat with ‘Verified No Cloning or Gene Editing’ Labeling Commitment

QUÉBEC CITY, Jan. /CNW/ — duBreton is responding to Health Canada’s recent decision to approve the use of gene-edited meat in the Canadian food system without mandatory labeling requirements.
Medicine Buffalo

Study: Some of us have a uniquely human gene that enhances immune function

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo team that discovered how a gene found in 75% of us protects against neurodegeneration has now found that this same gene enhances immune function as well. The ...
Science Daily

Comprehensive resource describes functions of more than 20,000 human genes

A comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes has just been completed and released. Researchers used large-scale evolutionary modeling to integrate data on ...