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Sep 04, 2007

Blaine Bettinger is awaiting the "genetic genealogy revolution."  In his blog, he says that a new paper from the American Journal of Human Genetics takes the first steps toward that goal. Researchers led by Stephen Guthery studied SNPs in four different American populations and found that one population, African-Americans, had common SNPs that were not frequently found in the other populations.

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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.