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May 23rd, 2005 Embryonic stem cells with identical genomes grow into distinctive tissues, such as heart, bone, and brain. At one time, scientists believed the differences among cell types arose from various sets of genes switched on inside developing cells.

April 18th, 2005 A group of Japanese scientists has used gene therapy to deliver three insulin transcription factors, MafA, PDX-1, and NeuroD, to the livers of diabetic mice. As a result, the mice experienced an increase in insulin gene expression and insulin production, raising the possibility that this could eventually be used to treat diabetes.

August 3rd, 2005 Two years ago the Human Genome Project published its final draft – a protein parts list, if you will, for human cells. Noticeably missing, though, were the instructions needed to put those pieces together.

April 22nd, 2005 The same gene that accounts for part of a genetic risk for developing alcoholism in a U.S. population is found in a Russian population, according to a published study by a Yale School of Medicine researcher.

April 4th, 2005 Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) today announced publication of data that demonstrates the use of the Company's zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP) technology to achieve highly efficient, permanent correction of a disease-causing gene in primary human cells.

September 9th, 2004 Update: We created the Animax Forum for Animax lovers like you and me. It is your forum to discuss Animax animes (past and present) and other popular animes like Dragonball Z etc.

January 19th, 2006 I was very surprised to see the article Some Students Use Net To Hire Experts to Do Their School Work on WSJ by Lee Gomes. I had written about exactly the same topic on 20th October 2005.

October 9th, 2006 X-Prize Foundation is offering $10m for the first private team that can decode 100 human genomes in 10 days. It is said to be the largest medical prize in history.

November 5th, 2008 "The American people have spoken and they spoke clearly." - Senator John McCain USA has once again heralded the triumph of democracy. Who would have thought that an African-American, who was muslim at birth can be the President of the most powerful country in the world? Nobody would have imagined 12 months back.

August 30th, 2005 TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 50's, 60's and 70's! - I found it in Craigslist thanks to John C. Dvorak. What the post doesn't mention is that such kids were also not on Ritalin and they did fine.

July 24th, 2007 I came across a very interesting ad from Toto introducing Washlets to the US market. It employs nudity, specifically smiling asses to drive home its point - Washlet makes your ass happy.

July 17th, 2009 June video game sales drop sharplyNEW YORK — Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June, the largest year-over-year decline the industry has seen in nearly nine years.

July 24th, 2009 Palm Pre reconnects with estranged iTunesSAN FRANCISCO — Palm's Pre smart phone just can't stay away from Apple's iTunes software. Palm Inc. says the Pre can again connect to iTunes — only a week after Apple Inc.

July 30th, 2009 AP News in BriefHealth care deal with House 'Blue Dog' Democrats clears way for crucial September vote WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of turmoil, House Democrats reached a shaky peace with the party's rebellious rank-and-file conservatives Wednesday and cleared the way for a vote in September on sweeping health care legislation. Bipartisan Senate negotiators reported progress, too, on a bill said to extend coverage to 95 percent of all Americans without raising federal deficits.