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Going Up

Nov 20, 2009

Starting next fall, fees at the University of California will go up by 32 percent, reports the New York Times. According to university president Mark Yudof, the state's budget cuts left no other way and adds that, compared to 1990, they university system receives half as funding per student from the state. "My biggest fear," Yudof says, "is an exodus of faculty."

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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.