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Jun 19, 2012

The South Korean Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology received a number of complaints following the proposed removal of references to evolution in high school biology textbooks, and it plans to set up a panel to supervise any future textbook changes, reports the Nature News Blog. "We are expecting more petitions and calls from the evolutionists and creationists regarding this issue in the future, so a committee of evolutionary scientists will set up guidelines for the future revision of science textbooks," ministry official Ka-young Shin tells the Nature News Blog.

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Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

Science Papers Examine Breast Milk Cell Populations, Cerebral Cortex Cellular Diversity, Micronesia Population History

In Science this week: unique cell populations found within breast milk, 100 transcriptionally distinct cell populations uncovered in the cerebral cortex, and more.