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Cloned Livestock Gain a Foothold in Europe

The Continent has generally resisted genetically modified food, but small amounts of meat and dairy from cloned animals are already being consumed.

From the NYTimes News-2010-7-30:8:5:1


Alberta ponders paying for new MS treatment

Alberta Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky is putting together a committee to look at whether to pay for studies of a controversial experimental treatment for people with multiple sclerosis.

From the CBC News-2010-7-29:20:6:3


Scientists Produce First Cloned Fighting Bull

The team says that its dark brown calf, named Got, is the only representative of a lineage that goes back 300 years.

From the NYTimes News-2010-7-29:20:6:2


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Royal Society Origin of Species special issue free online till July 30 (2010.7.24)

A double special issue of "Theory in Biosciences" is available entitled "Darwin evaluated by contemporary evolutionary and philosophical theories" (2010.7.15)

Call for submissions to Philosophy & Theory in Biology to Trends and Crosstalk.(2010.6.29).

Call for Microbiome Studies at the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. (2010.6.15)

Origin of the Flora in the Mediterranean Basin. Call for Papers. (2010.6.10)

Evolution since Darwin: The First 150 Years by M.A.Bell et al. Sinauer. (2010-6-7).

Mendel's original manuscript has been found but is held by a law firm (2010-5-14).


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