Molecular Biology

Genetic switches likely to help fight disease

9 Sep 2012

One of the biggest scientific research projects in recent years has just unveiled its results. The Encode consortium, consisting of 442 researchers working in 32 institutes around the world, has...

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Beijing moves to root out GM crops

23 Feb 2012

A ban on genetically modified crops is finally set to become law amid claims that mainland diners are unwittingly being served up transgenic rice.

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How Jingjing can help reveal the mysteries of DNA sequencing

27 Dec 2010

What is DNA sequencing about? Let's take the panda as an example.

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Inherited mess-up

18 Aug 2010

A chimera is a creature from Greek mythology. It's made up of parts of several different animals. But when the term applies to humans, it's very real and very, very weird.

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Bank to the future

8 Nov 2009

Death is not what it used to be. When you officially log off for good, traces of your identity may still be discovered scattered across the internet.

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A leader needed for next green revolution

15 Sep 2009

No winner of the Nobel Peace Prize could claim to have saved as many lives as the late Norman Borlaug. The high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties the American pioneered in the 1960s in...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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DNA evidence needs to be handled with care

A group of Israeli scientists has recently caused alarm by showing how DNA evidence can be manufactured - showing how it is theoretically possible, using sophisticated techniques in molecular...

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cloning

Reading Comprehension

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the first step of cloning?

a. embryo is implanted into surrogate mother

b....

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Premier Wen comes out in full support of GM crops

The central government will use transgenic crops to boost farmers' incomes and reinvigorate the rural economy, Premier Wen Jiabao told Science magazine.

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Urban Jungle

This week: gene therapy

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Dinosaur thinking is no match for gene geniuses

When Edinburgh scientists announced the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep more than a decade ago, people around the world were amazed and concerned. They knew, instinctively, that something...

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Crop crisis ignites drive for transgenic rice

Last summer brought nothing but scarcity for the rice farmers of Licun village in Fujian province. Half of their regular strains of hybrid rice died despite an abundance of rainfall, sunshine,...

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