Neuroscience
RNAi and gene therapy
"...the potential to silence any gene in any tissue you might want."
Details in this news item in EurekAlert from the AAAS.
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Encephalon 49, that is. Challenge yourself neuroscientifically by reading a skeptical view on the use of gene therapy in psychiatry, and then recover by relaxing your genes. July 1, 1858: Darwin and Wallace Shift the Paradigm ...
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Torture Psychology And The American Psychological Association (apa): Dr. Arrigo Awarded By Aaas
Earlier this year, Dr. Jean Maria Arrigo was celebrated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as the recipient of its 2015 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award. 2015 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award Goes...
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Nobel Knockout!
From the Nobel Assemble press release: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2007 jointly to Mario R. Capecchi, Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies for their discoveries of...
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P16-ink4a
From The New York Times: Gene Found to Switch Off Stem Cells During Aging By NICHOLAS WADE Published: September 6, 2006 Biologists have uncovered a deep link between lifespan and cancer in the form of a gene that switches off stem cells as a person ages....
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Genetics And Aggressive Behavior In A Mouse Model
From The Globe and Mail:Rampaging mice made more human By CAROLYN ABRAHAM Wednesday, July 6, 2005 Updated at 8:57 AM EDT From Wednesday's Globe and Mail A breakthrough experiment has used a human gene to turn vicious mice into very gentle creatures...
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