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Moooove Over Elsie. We Know Your Entire Genome Now.
The Saint Louis Post Dispatch says that the sequencing of the cow genome is going to lead to more milk and better beef, but all I can say for sure is that it certainly is an interesting step forward in the world of genomics. Secretly I'm hoping for healthy... (read the rest)
Nanofood: Without Transparency and Accountability, A Guaranteed Public Health Crisis
Also published on NanotechNow.com, this month's Nanoethics column focuses on the ethical issues of nanofood. You can read the article by clicking the link above, or you can read it in full-text below. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: "You are what you eat." Well,... (read the rest)
Goats: Not Just for Making Feta Cheese and For Petting Zoos Anymore
Researchers have finally done it. Engineered a goat to save lives. On Friday, the FDA approved a genetically engineered goat that is able to produce in its milk (not for feta cheese making, mind you) a drug that will save the lives of patients born with a rare hereditary deficiency... (read the rest)
Accessible Science=Unethical Science?
So what's so dangerous about coming home and finding PCR on the counter? According to David Rejeski from the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies in Wednesday's Boston Globe, making biology too accessible of a science can lead to ethical problems, risks to human health, and more. In the Globe's Monday article,... (read the rest)
Coming Soon: Robo-Pancreas
Thanks to the folks at Engaget we have learned that researchers have developed an artificial pancreas complete with a remote device that monitors your blood sugar, morning, noon and night. This device could be a lifesaver for those with diabetes, particularly juvenile diabetes, if it could be a permanent implant... (read the rest)
You Read It Here First...Booger's Back!
Last week on our website, you saw the news story from the Baltimore Sun about the woman, Bernann McKinney, who cloned her dog, Booger, to the tune of $50,000. One doesn't even know where to begin to comment on the ethics here: resource allocation, health risks to the animals, and... (read the rest)
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