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‘Patriots Day’ — New – Kankakee Daily Journal

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2017-01-13 NEWS

Kankakee Daily Journal

‘Patriots Day’ — New
Kankakee Daily Journal
(Movies 10) On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. As Jim and Aurora face living the rest of their lives on board, they discover

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Genetic Literacy Project

What can Iranian scientists teach the West about stem cell research?
Genetic Literacy Project
Iran didn’t view stem cell research as problematic because under Islamic law life is defined not at conception, but when one can distinguish a heartbeat…While the world scrutinized Iranian nuclear advances, the country’s stem cell embryonic research

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Yahoo News

Stem Cells Could Restore Vision After Eye Disease – Yahoo
Yahoo News
A new technique using stem cells can restore vision in mice that have end-stage eye disease, a condition that is thought to bring irreversible vision loss.
Scientists at Novato’s Buck Institute restore partial sight to blind mice …North Bay Business Journal

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News-Medical.net

MedCision announce participation at upcoming conference on cell and gene therapy
News-Medical.net
MedCision, a leader in the automation of pre-clinical and clinical processes, today announced the company’s participation in Phacilitate Cell and Gene Therapy 2017, a conference with the most comprehensive cell and gene therapy agenda in the industry.

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E-Flux

The pros and cons of CRISPR and DNA editing
E-Flux
Michael Specter writes a very long feature on the dangers and virtues of DNA editing, specifically the tool CRISPR, which he writes is “essentially a molecular scalpel.” Specter’s intro, which takes the case of Nantucket’s Lyme disease problem, is

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dailytelegraph.com.au

Putting a medical miracle on ice
dailytelegraph.com.au
Should a new legal status be created for people in ‘suspended animation‘? Could it become a convenient alternative to euthanasia? What happens if the storage company goes bankrupt? Dr Bhatia and Professor Savulescu say, practical issues aside, there is …

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