Republican presidential platform would ban all human embryonic research

Darkfrog submitted, created time 4 months 5 days (www.nature.com)

The Republican presidential platform proposes banning all human embryo research throughout the United States. Although John McCain himself has voted to loosen federal restrictions on stem cell funding, the party that supports him appears to be taking a more conservative line.

But for the grammar enthusiasts among us, the change in the platform was effected with one word. They canged "and" to "or," so that they call for a ban on the "the creation of or experimentation on human embryos for research purposes

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New research consortium in Switzerland!

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One of the world's largest systems-biology research consortiums, known as SystemsX, has been launched in Switzerland.
Congratulations!!!

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Medical research center coming to London

jane2007 submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.nature.com)

The UK government will back the construction of a new, state-of-the-art medical research center in central London, the Medical Research Council (MRC) announced today.

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