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Warning: Not for Those Who Are Already Sick of 'Project Jim'

May 16, 2007

The current issue of MIT's Technology Review includes an article on 454 Life Sciences, with brief mention of other next-gen sequencing companies. The piece focuses on the history of the company, with a bit about the technology behind 454's sequencing platform.

 

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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.