http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/russia-quake-rocks-far-east/2013/05/24/id/506306
Month: May 2013
Doctors save Ohio toddler by ‘printing’ him an airway tube
11 Amazing Hybrid Animals
Rare large tornado strikes northern Italy on Friday
Scientists Revolutionize Creation of Genetically Altered Mice to Model Human Disease
Full article is linked below the two quoted paragraphs.)
“This breaks down the definition of model organism,” says Wang, a postdoctoral researcher in Jaenisch’s lab. “So now, even with limited resources, any animal with established embryo manipulation procedures could be the subject of genome engineering. With many of the animals’ genomes that have been sequenced, we could use this technology to establish efficient genetic manipulations in more species, to study the unique biology of each, and to learn more about evolution.”
Thus, Wang, Yang, and Shivalila have used CRISPR/Cas to create mouse models only, but the team is excited broaden its application to other animals.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130502131716.htm
Printable Functional ‘Bionic’ Ear Melds Electronics and Biology
“The design and implementation of bionic organs and devices that enhance human capabilities, known as cybernetics, has been an area of increasing scientific interest,” the researchers wrote in the article which appears in the scholarly journal Nano Letters. “This field has the potential to generate customized replacement parts for the human body, or even create organs containing capabilities beyond what human biology ordinarily provides.”
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501193208.htm
What in the world is going on? 