MetaFilter posts tagged with genetics and cloning

Learn.Genetics

netbros — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:35:03 -0800

grumblebee's post about cell size and scale the other day was quite fascinating. Pulling back to the home for that site, the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah delivers educational materials on genetics, bio-science and health topics ranging from stem cells to gene therapy, and from epigenetics to heredity. Explore the neurobiology of normal and addicted brains and the genetic contribution to this chronic disease.

Dolly's gone

111 — Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:41:02 -0800

Dolly is dead. "The type of lung disease Dolly developed is most common in older sheep. And in January 2002, it was revealed that Dolly had developed arthritis prematurely. She was cloned using a cell taken from a healthy six-year-old sheep, and was born on 5 July 1996 at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland."

feelinglistless — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:18:56 -0800

Attack of the Hollywood Clones Flametracker investigates how some actors are being cloned so that they can work on twice as many projects. See also Julia Roberts and Monica Potter, Keira Knightly and Natalie Portman, Robert Redford and Brad Pitt ...

brettski — Fri, 04 Jan 2002 01:41:27 -0800

Dolly the Sheep cloned five years ago has arthritis already. Already this year we've had pigs cloned for trasplants. Where is this all going and how ethical is it?

marknau — Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:07:02 -0800

Finally, a voice of reason. Glad it's all so simple.

CatherineB — Fri, 04 May 2001 10:14:43 -0800

OK, cue the first GM babies. This time the men in white coats have crossed the line.

thirteen — Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:41:24 -0800

What is scarier than a cloned dinosaur?