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Friction over Function: Scientists Clash on the Meaning of ENCODE s Genetic Data
Twelve years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, its successor made a big splash with one big number: Around 80 percent of the human genome is "functional," the researchers leading the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project said. Their claim drew immediate criticism from biologists, many of whom said it is evolutionarily impossible for so much of the genome to truly function for human health. [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 12, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Health,Medical Technology,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Biology,Society & Policy Source Type: news

Supreme Court Set to Hear Arguments on Whether Human Genes Can Be Patented
When Daniel Weaver pitches Genformatic to potential investors, he feels obliged to note a future legal uncertainty. The two-year-old company, based in Austin, Texas, offers whole-genome sequencing and analysis to researchers and physicians, with plans to apply the technology to medical diagnostics. But Weaver fears that the company could become ensnared in a thicket of thousands of patents. “Who knows how much it would cost in legal fees just to sort through that?” he says. [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 11, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Health,Health,History of Science,Technology,Ethics,Everyday Science,More Science,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Biology,Society & Policy Source Type: news

Farmer Regulate Thyself: Agribusiness Takes Food Safety into Its Own Hands
Healthy food kills--or at least it can. [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 10, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Health,Health,Biotechnology,More Science,Green Living,Biotechnology,Environment,Society & Policy Source Type: news

Home Is Where the Health Is: Obamacare Positions Telehealth Tech as a Remedy for Chronic Hospital Readmissions
Chances are, when patients check out of a hospital for home or another health care facility, they will end up back in the hospital within a month if they have not worked out the details and logistics for ongoing care. Too often such planning falls by the wayside, resulting in frequent hospital readmissions . [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 9, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Technology,Health,Society & Policy,Everyday Science,More Science,Consumer Electronics,Biotechnology,Medical Technology,Pharmaceuticals,Communications,Computing,Biology,Biotechnology Source Type: news

What's Next for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine?
Researchers are now experimenting with stem cells--progenitor cells that can develop into many different types of tissue--to coax the bodies of a few individuals to heal themselves. Some of the most advanced clinical trials so far involve treating congestive heart disease and regrowing muscles in soldiers who were wounded in an explosion . But new developments are happening so quickly that investigators have come up with a new name--regenerative medicine--to describe the emerging field. [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 7, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Health,Health,Society & Policy,Everyday Science,Medical Technology,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Ethics,Biology,More Science Source Type: news

Neural Stem Cell Transplants May One Day Help Parkinson's Patients, Others (preview)
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Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 6, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Health,Health,Mind & Brain,Everyday Science,Medical Technology,Neurological Disorders,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Ethics,Biology,More Science Source Type: news

Can Soil Replace Oil as a Source of Energy? [Excerpt]
Excerpted from The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance , by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Copyright © April 16, 2013, North Point Press. [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 5, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Energy Technology,Environment,History of Science,Technology,Society Policy,Everyday Science,More Science,Alternative Energy Technology,Alternative Energy Technology,Climate,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Energy Technology,Biolog Source Type: news

Use for 3-D Printers: Creating Internal Blood Vessels for Kidneys, Livers, Other Large Organs (preview)
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Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 5, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Health,Health,Technology,Everyday Science,Computing,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Ethics,Medical Technology,Biology,More Science Source Type: news

Doctors Repair Soldiers' Wounds with Biological Scaffolding Material (preview)
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Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 4, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Health,Health,Everyday Science,Medical Technology,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Ethics,Biology,More Science Source Type: news

A Change of Heart: Stem Cells May Transform Treatment for Heart Failure (preview)
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Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 3, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Health,Health,Society & Policy,Medical Technology,More Science,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Ethics,Biology,Everyday Science Source Type: news

Future of Medicine: Advances in Regenerative Medicine Teach Body How to Rebuild Damaged Muscles, Tissues and Organs
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Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 3, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Health,Health,Technology,Medical Technology,Everyday Science,More Science,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Biology,Society & Policy Source Type: news

Start Talking: Synthetic Biology and Conservation Biology Meet, Part 2
Conservation biologist Kent Redford , recently of the Wildlife Conservation Society and now with Archipelago Consulting , talks about the issues facing the intersection of synthetic biology and conservation biology . He organized a conference that starts April 9th at Clare College in Cambridge, England, called “ How will synthetic biology and conservation shape the future of nature? ” [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 3, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: More Science,Chemistry,Environment,Society & Policy,More Science,Biology,Evolution,Evolutionary Biology,Ecology,Biotechnology,Biotechnology Source Type: news

Start Talking: Synthetic Biology and Conservation Biology Meet, Part 1
Conservation biologist Kent Redford , recently of the Wildlife Conservation Society and now with Archipelago Consulting , talks about the issues facing the intersection of synthetic biology and conservation biology . He organized a conference that starts April 9th at Clare College in Cambridge, England, called “ How will synthetic biology and conservation shape the future of nature? ” [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 2, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: More Science,Chemistry,Environment,Society & Policy,Biotechnology,Evolution,Energy Sustainability,Evolutionary Biology,Ecology,Biotechnology,Biology,More Science Source Type: news

Biological Disciplines Meet to Break, Then Maybe Fix, Bread
Synthetic biologists design and make biological devices and systems for useful purposes. Conservation biologists study biodiversity to protect species and habitat. The two groups don’t talk to each other much. Conservation biologist Kent Redford thus organized a conference, the aim: “A better communication and an attempt on our part to instill some of our values into the lives and decisions made by synthetic biologists; to change the path that those technologies may take, to make them less environmentally harmful, if not in fact environmentally beneficial.” [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - April 2, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: More Science,Chemistry,Environment,Society & Policy,More Science,Biotechnology,Energy Sustainability,Science Education,Evolutionary Biology,Ecology,Biotechnology,Biology,Evolution Source Type: news

Expiration Fate: Can "De-Extinction" Bring Back Lost Species?
Dear EarthTalk : What is the “de-extinction” movement all about? --Bill Mitchell, New York City [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - March 31, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Biology,Society Policy,Evolution,Medical Technology,Ecology,Biotechnology,Biotechnology,Ethics,Archaeology Paleontology,Evolutionary Biology Source Type: news