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RNA was a key ingredient in primordial soup that led to life
How did we go from a lifeless Earth with no oxygen to a planet teeming with life and that essential element? Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found one crucial clue: iron and RNA. The team managed to re-create conditions of life on...
Tags: Biology, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, NASA
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DNA links woman to the slaying of aspiring model, prosecutor says
The killing of an aspiring 21-year-old model and actress found strangled in her Santa Monica apartment was connected to a business negotiation that her father ended with a Marina del Rey doctor just days before her death, a prosecutor told jurors...
Tags: Leila Fowler, Murder, Chemical Industry, Justice System, Prosecution
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Trial opens for 'female James Bond' in model's death
He is not in court. He is not even charged with a crime. But looming over the murder trial of a woman accused of strangling an aspiring model and actress in her Santa Monica apartment five years ago is a doctor who once dated the victim. A...
Tags: Judges, Murder, Chemical Industry, Justice System, Prosecution
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Cold case heats up: Man charged with homicide in Shoemakersville woman's 2002 death
One week after Hope Babel's body was found in the burned-out ruins of her Shoemakersville apartment, Ryan J. Stufflet told an acquaintance, "If something happens with this, I'm going to kill myself," police said Tuesday. Nearly 11 years later, state...Tags: Murder, Nursing, Chemical Industry, Justice System, Allentown
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Scientists finally get stem cells from cloned human embryos, possible step toward treatments
AP Science WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes. A prominent expert called the work a landmark, but...Tags: Medical Research, Science, Genetic Condition, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology
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Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells
For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...
Tags: Stanford University, Alzheimer's Disease, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Nobel Prize Awards
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Gacy review helps solve 41-year-old missing person's case
When 16-year-old Steven Soden ran away from a New Jersey campground in 1972 and was never seen again, his family feared he may have become a victim of John Wayne Gacy. Steven's father lived in Chicago and relatives thought he may have headed here and...
Tags: Criminals, Chemical Industry
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Supreme Court, Anna Gorman, Research, Mastectomy
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Do humans need mystery 'junk' DNA? This carnivorous plant doesn't
How’s this for spring cleaning? Scientists have discovered that a carnivorous plant deletes so much of its own junk DNA that it has hardly any left. The finding, published online in Nature, hints that such noncoding DNA may not be as important as...
Tags: Biology, Science, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, Plant Openings
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Angelina Jolie mastectomy: A closer look at DNA, breast cancer risk
By opting for surgery to remove her breasts while they were still healthy, Angelina Jolie joined a growing number of women who have used genetic testing to take control of their health. Here are answers to some common questions about how DNA...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Pancreatic Cancer, The New York Times, Mastectomy, Diseases and Illnesses
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Don't mandate labeling for gene-altered foods
Should the government require companies to label food that contains genetically modified organisms? Last November, California voters rejected a ballot initiative that would require such labeling, but bills that would do so were recently introduced in...Tags: U.S. Senate, Science and Technology, Technology, Health, American Medical Association
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Felon seeks dismissal of new sex charges from 1970s Boca Raton cold case
As a younger man, John Arthur MacLean told secrets of being a successful South Florida home burglar in a book declaring himself a "Superthief." Now 66 and locked in Palm Beach County Jail, the Deerfield Beach felon needs his attorney's help to get out...
Tags: Palm Beach County, Sexual Assault, Prosecution, Boca Raton, People (magazine)
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