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Mining the secrets of the egg

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Alan Trounson, a stem-cell researcher from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, wants to treat neurodegenerative disease by using eggs to create cells that match a patient's genetic make-up, a technique known as therapeutic cloning. The ultimate dream is to create specialized types of cells such as insulin-producing cells or heart cells to treat diseases such as diabetes or to repair damaged hearts or other organs.

Author: Dennis, Carina
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
Science & research, Care and treatment, Research, Nervous system, Neurodegenerative diseases, Human cloning, Trounson, Alan, Stem cell research

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Conservation at a distance: A gentle way to age

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Flakes of skin naturally shed by whales when they launch themselves out of the water or slap their tail fins on the surface may be a non-invasive source of information of the age of the whales. This non-lethal way of determining whales' ages would also enable biologists to model population dynamics, and study whether their mating tactics and associations with each other change with age.

Author: Dennis, Carina
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
Hunting, trapping, game propagation, Whales, Hunting and Trapping, Physiological aspects, Age determination (Zoology), Age determination (Biology), Cetacea

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