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U.K. Government Plans to Allow Mitochondrial Replacement - ScienceInsider - 0 views

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  • The U.K. government is moving toward allowing a new type of in vitro fertilization that would enable patients with mitochondrial diseases to avoid passing the condition to their children
  • The technique is controversial, because it involves introducing new DNA into a human embryo
  • The Department of Health announced
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  • that it would draw up draft guidelines to allow fertility clinics to offer the technique
  • The proposed guidelines would be released for public comment later this year, and Parliament could vote on a final version next year
  • Mitochondria are the cell's power generators, and they carry their own DNA, called mtDNA
  • Mutations in those genes cause mitochondrial diseases, which can affect various organs, including the heart, liver, eyes, and brain
  • Such diseases are passed from mother to child, because the egg provides most of an embryo's mtDNA
  • The techniques
  • transfer the nuclear DNA from the sperm and egg of the potential parents into a second egg, provided by a donor who has healthy mitochondria, from which the nuclear DNA has been removed
  • The technique is still under development and isn't yet considered ready to try in humans
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Amazing Shots! Shenzhou-10 Docked to Tiangong-1, Transiting the Sun - 1 views

www.universetoday.com/...-tiangong-1-transiting-the-sun

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shared by Mars Base on 22 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • less than half a second to capture these incredible shots of the Shenzhou-10 module docked to Tiangong-1 Chinese station transiting across the Sun
  • The Tiangong-1 space station is just 10.4 meters (34.1 ft) in length, while the Shenzou 10 is 9.25 meters (30.35 ft) long
  • The transit duration was just 0.46 seconds
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Crowd funds $1 million for asteroid miners' public space telescope | collectSPACE - 0 views

www.collectspace.com/...news-062013a.html

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shared by Mars Base on 22 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Planetary Resources intends to mine near-Earth asteroids for resources such as water and precious metals
  • The company has designed its Arkyd-100 space telescope to search for potential target space rocks.
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Crowdfunding Raises $1 Million for Asteroid Miners' Public Space Telescope: Scientific ... - 0 views

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shared by Mars Base on 22 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Planetary Resources' online fundraising campaign soared past the seven-figure mark
  • (June 19
  • More than 11,000 people pledged at least $10 to the project
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  • It took 20 days to raise the $1 million.
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