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Should commercial cloning be available so owners can recreate beloved pets?
Animal cloning is unethical and should be banned.
Cloning of animals for medical research is understandable, but I don’t agree with making it available to the public.
The technology exists so people should have the option to pay to recreate their pets if they choose.
The technology is exciting and I would consider having my pet cloned in the future.
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Posted by Ian Taylor on 31/08/2007 12:43:53

IFA: What’s on TV
Everyone is showing off their tellies in Berlin. Big ones, too. IFA, the annual consumer electronics show held in the German capital is underway, and it seems that all of the big players are touting next generation screens.
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Posted by Sally Palmer on 08/06/2007 10:03:43

Presentations over!
Well, we did our presentations at the mini symposium and on the whole they went as well as could be expected.
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Posted by Sally Palmer on 05/06/2007 23:01:01

Yeast Mutants
Well, I didn’t manage to let you know how the analyses went. Our blood and hair were dismal failures – I guess our samples weren’t good enough. But the yeast mutants were great and worked very well - as did an analysis of what are called HeLa cells. These are astonishing cells - they originally came from a Baltimore woman called Henrietta Lacks (HeLa) who died back in 1951 of cervical cancer. But the cells from her tumour have been growing and multiplying in research labs all over the world ever since - so many, in fact, that it's estimated that collectively they now weigh far more than she herself ever did. They've been making a tremendous difference to cancer research for over half a century.
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Posted by Sally Palmer on 01/06/2007 22:44:05

Marine Biology Laboratories
Well, it’s almost quarter to eleven at night and I’ve only just got out of the lab – having started this morning at 8.30am. No-one said this fellowship was going to be easy – or short hours!
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Posted by Ian Taylor on 09/02/2007 12:36:08

Mobile madness
A New York politician wants everyone to turn off their gadgets when crossing the street. Good luck, Mr Senator.
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Posted by Jheni Osman on 24/01/2007 14:54:14

Snow hope
Just returned from a week's skiing where contrary to the flurry of dour snow forecasts, there was plenty of the fluffy white stuff (although I think we got lucky).
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Posted by Paul Parsons on 24/01/2007 13:45:46

Focus video contest
Opportunity knocks
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Posted by Paul Parsons on 23/01/2007 14:11:55

Branscombe bay to eBay
MSC Napoli bargains...
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Posted by Paul Parsons on 16/01/2007 10:52:01

Lawks a lordy!
We have a blog...
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