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Medicine tailored to your genome, not your race: Venter

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Personalised, genome-based health care could help prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths caused each year by adverse drug reactions, genetics pioneer Craig Venter said Tuesday. More ...

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Novel Method To Grow Human Embryonic Stem Cells Developed

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The majority of researchers working with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) use animal-based materials for culturing the cells. But these materials could transmit viruses and other pathogens to the hESCs, making the cells unsuitable for medical use. More ...

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Magician's Hand: How Humor And Misdirection Can Manipulate Levels Of Attent

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Two neuroscientists have studied how magicians mix humor into their performances because a laughing audience is unable to pay attention to the magician's hand. The study also determined that there are various levels of misdirection that magicians use to trick an audience. More ...

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Matsushita says new DNA technology identifies disease risks

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Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA their response to medication and risk of developing disease. More ...

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Stem cells can be used to create limitless blood supplies: paper

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Scientists from a US firm claim to have created a large number of red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, opening up the prospect of having a limitless supply of blood for transfusions. More ...

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