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Sea Maskulrath

Scientists clone pashmina goat - Hindustan Times - 0 views

www.hindustantimes.com/...Article1-825339.aspx

clone goat

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  • three years of producing the first-ever buffalo animal clone, Indian scientists have now successfully cloned the world's first pashmi
  • The cloned baby is kept under medical observation at the off campus sheep breeding centre and is in "fine health"
  • The cloned was produced with the help of a cost-effective "hand guided t
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  • echnique" and NDRI had used the same technology to clone two buffalo calves on its Karnal campus.
  • Sea Maskulrath on 09 Apr 12
     
    Now that the cost of the pashmina will be lowered, we have to thank Dr.Tej for his hard work and that we cannot underestimate indian biotechnology.   
Sea Maskulrath

Anti-cloning advocate Fred Sauer files to run for governor - 0 views

www.stltoday.com/...6b-11e1-8534-0019bb30f31a.html

anti cloning

shared by Sea Maskulrath on 09 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Anti-cloning advocate Fred Sauer files to run for governor
  • . LOUIS • Anti-cloning activist Fred Sauer may be looking to convert his legal victory into a political win.
  • Although Sauer is no stranger to generating publicity for his causes, he added his name to the Republican contenders for governor with little fanfare Monday morning.
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  • This year, however, Sauer won a round in court, convincing a judge to rule against Gov. Jay Nixon's signature bio-tech initiative, MOSIRA, which seeks to help tech start-ups in the state.
  • Sea Maskulrath on 09 Apr 12
     
    As with all the processing happening around the world there are also people with money and power that are also trying to prevent cloning form happening. 
orasa sukmark

Cloned Meat & Milk Coming - 1 views

www.i-sis.org.uk/loned_Meat_and_Milk_Coming.php

meat milk coming Genes

shared by orasa sukmark on 16 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Milk and meat from ‘cloned’ animals’ offspring could soon be on sale without any labels
  • The UK government has no objection to selling meat and milk from clones.
  • There are currently just over 100 offspring of cloned animals on British farms, but this will rise dramatically if the EC gets its way.
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  • According to BEUC, an overwhelming majority of EU consumers do not want cloning to be used for food production purposes. Some 84 per cent are concerned about the long-term health and safety impacts.
  • orasa sukmark on 16 Apr 12
     
    Cloned Meat and milk will be sold soon.
Sea Maskulrath

Boffins set mammoth cloning task - 0 views

www.heraldsun.com.au/...story-fn5iztw3-1226298850815

gene cloning

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  • Sea Maskulrath on 09 Apr 12
     
    As it has been stated in the news, Russia and south Korean scientist has been working together in this cloning project in order to compress the gene of mammoth into an embryo ,which then will be placed into the womb of an indian elephant. if successful, they will be able to recreate the mammoth :) WOW
Sea Maskulrath

The Ice Age Elephant - Mammuthus primigenius | Scitech | The Earth Times - 0 views

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ice elephant times DNA genetics

shared by Sea Maskulrath on 15 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • preserved remains of a shaggy monster that lived in Siberia at -40°C 10,000 years ago have been uncovered;
  • The frozen and p
  • Only microscopic amounts of DNA are left on the skeletons, including all the bacteria that lived on the animals. No usable DNA is therefore often found in bone, but mammoth hair is plentiful. Shampooed and bleached and digested, the hair, even at 18,000 years old, can have 90% of the DNA left. The genome shows 4 different "races" of this species. Research has also shown the recreated blood of mammoth. It doesn't decrease its oxygen capacity at the low temperatures the mammoth had to endure. That increased oxygen-offloading ability was one of the essential physiological changes evolved especially for this species, just like the Yuka kidney.
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  • reserved remains of a shaggy monster that lived in Siberia at -40°C 10,000 years ago have been uncovered;
  • Cloning the mammoth has been an aim of Japanese scientists for several years. They discovered almost intact bone marrow from a thigh bone in Yakutsk and hope to use a female elephant for what is obviously more than a simple experiment within the next 5 years.
  • Sea Maskulrath on 15 Apr 12
     
    The return of the giant, not a long wait :) 
nidthamsirisup

Engineered stem cells seek out and kill HIV in living mice - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...120412182253.htm

disease HIV

shared by nidthamsirisup on 15 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • human stem cells can be genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells
  • surrogate model
  • CD8 cytotoxic T lymphocytes -- the "killer" T cells that help fight infection -- from an HIV-infected individual and identified the molecule known as the T cell receptor, which guides the T cell in recognizing and killing HIV-infected cells.
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  • cloned the receptor and used this to genetically engineer human blood stem cells.
  • mature T cells that can attack HIV in tissues where the virus resides and replicates.
  • CD4 cells are white blood cells that are an important component of the immune system, helping to fight off infections.
  • CD4 "helper" T cells
  • HIV in the blood decreased.
  • increased
  • engineering stem cells to form immune cells that target HIV is effective in suppressing the virus in living tissues in an animal model
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      wasin kusakabe on 15 Apr 12
       
      Using mice as lab rats, researchers are able to produce a large amount of T cells that can fight off HIV more effectively.
  • Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-principle that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells
  • The engineered stem cells developed into a large population of mature, multi-functional HIV-specific CD8 cells that could specifically target cells containing HIV proteins. The researchers also discovered that HIV-specific T cell receptors have to be matched to an individual in much the same way an organ is matched to a transplant patient.
  • In this current study, the researchers similarly engineered human blood stem cells and found that they can form mature T cells that can attack HIV in tissues where the virus resides and replicates. They did so by using a surrogate model, the humanized mouse, in which HIV infection closely resembles the disease and its progression in humans.
  • increased, while levels of HIV in the blood decreased. CD4 cells are white blood cells that are an important component of the immune system, helping to fight off infections. These results indicated that the engineered cells were capable of developing and migrating to the organs to fight infection there.
  • wasin kusakabe on 15 Apr 12
     
    Stem cells that are engineered to produce T cells that can help fight off HIV.
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