Biology in the News

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Andrea Allin

Polka-dotted zebra foal

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https://apple.news/A1p3UieOPTwOOmf9aDcD4AQ
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Sep 23, 2019
Isobel Clarke

74 year old receive IVF treatment and gave birth to twins

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https://www.nst.com.my/world/2019/09/519220/74-year-old-indian-gives-birth-twins-following-ivf-treatment
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Sep 9, 2019
viviever

Dogs detect diseases

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/04/five-diseases-that-dogs-can-detect
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Nov 4, 2018
Ophelia Hedborg

Sheep Human Hybrid

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https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/sheep-human-hybrids-chimeras-crispr-organ-transplant-health-science/
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Feb 19, 2018
Katie Ball

Robot that squeezes a damaged heart to keep it pumping

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631534-400-soft-robot-that-squeezes-your-heart-keeps-damaged-organs-pumping/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/health-38651596
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Nov 27, 2017
olivthom

Artificial womb helps premature lamb fetuses grow for 4 week

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Interesting article about artificial wombs (basically allowing lambs to develop sufficiently in a bag of water and salts) and how Alan Flake, MD, has simulated the placenta by using the lambs own hear
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May 3, 2017
Lyubov tsenkova

Chinese scientists use CRISPR tool on HIV patient for the first time

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https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/13/health/china-crispr-hiv-intl-hnk/index.html
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Sep 15, 2019
Kaylee Keister

New fossil of Fungi discovered

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https://apple.news/AAUxYuccnTxa1q0WLJj9EQg
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Jun 5, 2019
olivthom

Making babies: How to create human embryos with no egg or sp

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831730-300-making-babies-how-to-create-human-embryos-with-no-egg-or-sperm/
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Apr 24, 2018
olivthom

New antibiotics may lie with tiny toxic tethers

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180109161544.htm original journal entry: http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)31451-4?_returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrie
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Jan 15, 2018
olivthom

Treating heart attacks with HDL cholesterol particles

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Injecting a heart attack patient with HDL within hours of myocardial infarction prevents further damage top the heart by increasing glucose metabolism of heart muscle cells: https://www.thenakedscient
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Nov 7, 2017
risaacs

Interesting article about Human ancestry

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Here is a link to a very interesting article published April 29 2017: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170429095021.htm
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May 1, 2017
Izzie Gleason

Acid attack survivor regains sight via stem cell treatment

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-49607786/acid-attack-survivor-regains-sight-via-new-surgery
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Sep 10, 2019
Laureanne Hall

Link between fearfulness in dogs and human mental disorders

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123091155.htm
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Mar 12, 2019
olivthom

Tetragametic chimerism

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http://uk.businessinsider.com/taylor-muhl-birthmark-discovers-shes-her-own-twin-2018-3?r=US&IR=T
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Mar 19, 2018
olivthom

The key to a successful pregnancy: a tamed immune reaction

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/key-successful-pregnancy-tamed-immune-reaction
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Jan 15, 2018
georgrea

Jim Fallon exploring the minds of killers, the gene for evil

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https://www.ted.com/talks/jim_fallon_exploring_the_mind_of_a_killer
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Sep 26, 2017