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Engineering by Scientists on Embryo Stirs Criticism

Researchers in New York have created what is believed to be the first genetically engineered human embryo, which critics immediately branded as a step toward “designer babies.”<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13embryo.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13embryo.html" border="0"/></a>

From the NYTimes News-2008-5-13:8:5:2

Letters: Genes and Diseases (1 Letter)

To the Editor:.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13lett-GENESANDDISE_LETTERS.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13lett-GENESANDDISE_LETTERS.html" border="0"/></a>

From the NYTimes News-2008-5-13:8:5:3

Basics: A Gene Map for the Cute Side of the Family

The genetic map for a cute, yet unique, creature turned more heads than those maps for less-interesting creatures.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13angi.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13angi.html" border="0"/></a>

From the NYTimes News-2008-5-13:8:5:1

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From August 2008 the journal "DNA sequence" will be renamed "Mitochondrial DNA" and has put out a call for papers.(2008-4-30)

The 12th Biennial Congress of the International Behavioral Ecology Society at Cornell University is from 9-15 August, 2008. Application deadline is Apr15. (2008-4-11)

EBI courses: Understanding Protein Structure (May 6-7), Patterns, Similarities and Differences (June 9-11), Programmatic Access of Proteomics Resources (July 28-31), Interactions and Pathways (August 26-27). (2008-4-8)

Evolution of the animals - a Linnean tercentenary celebration Organised and edited by Maximilian J Telford and D Timothy J Littlewood (2008-4-3)

Simula Research Labs has a position open for evolutionary simulations. (2008-3-31)

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