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The sequence of a sheep
Australian and New Zealand researchers are part of an international project of mutual interest (and age-old bad jokes) - the sequencing of the sheep genome. The difference for the International Sheep Genomics Consortium is the availability of short-read sequencing technology. [ + ]
Haggling over the hobbits
The ongoing drama that is debate over the hobbit fossils of Flores has been reignited by a recent paper suggesting H. floresiensis is actually H. sapiens suffering from cretinism. An interesting theory or a 'travesty'? [ + ]
Here, there be dragons
Strange beasts evolve on islands: flightless bats and birds, amphibious or monstrous lizards, huge tortoises, giant rodents, dwarf elephants and even humans, such as the famous 'hobbit', H. floresiensis. [ + ]
Optiscan live with FIVE 1
Optiscan recruiting distributors in US, Europe and Asia for microscopes [ + ]
ASCC scores iPS cells
Australian scientists to study iPS cells from Thompson lab. [ + ]
Nobel winner finds complication for stem cell therapy
A single organ may contain more than one type of adult stem cell — a discovery that complicates prospects for using stem cells as a treatment for disease, according to a study by Nobel Laureate Prof Mario Capecchi.
[ + ]Nanog patent for SCS
Stem Cell Sciences adds mouse Nanog methods to IP portfolio [ + ]
ARC grants hairing for success
The Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects scheme, Round 2, for funding in 2008 has resulted in funding for 208 of the 487 proposals. A hair examination protocol for forensic scientists is just one of the successful projects.
[ + ]Why most cells fail to reprogram
US researchers have uncovered critical molecular events that undermine the reprogramming of somatic human cells back to a pluripotent state.
[ + ]2010: a Sydney Project
The Sydney Project aims to have human embryonic stem cells in clinical trials to treat type 1 diabetes in four years. [ + ]
State of grace for lab books
Changes are afoot in the US to reform its patent law, from ‘first to invent’ to ‘first to patent’. [ + ]
Warm days and cold fish
Climate change doesn't come from the atmosphere alone. Ocean currents and temperatures have significant effects and some marine animals thrive when its cold.
[ + ]First human DNA large-scale variation map is produced
Researchers in the US have produced the first sequence-based map of large-scale structural variation across the human genome.
[ + ]Slimeballs and eyeballs: hagfish and the evolution of the eye
Hagfish may be ferociously ugly little creatures, but they can teach us much about the evolution of the vertebrate eye. [ + ]
Not much happening upstairs
There is bad news and good news for the owners of ageing human brains. [ + ]
