<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-30T03:37:09+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/71615/1/" /><id>71615</id><summary><![CDATA[Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome]]></summary><issued>2008-08-07T22:03:06+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-07T22:03:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[DNA extracted from a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal bone has just enabled scientists to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome for the human-like species.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</script></div><entry><title><![CDATA[Should we bring a Neanderthal back to life?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/94847/1/" /><id>94847</id><summary><![CDATA[Should we bring a Neanderthal back to life?]]></summary><issued>2009-02-16T14:59:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-16T14:59:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Now that the Neanderthal genome has been decoded, some say it is possible to use gene therapy to create a modern day Neanderthal - but should we?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists Partially Reconstruct Genome of Extinct Mammoth]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/82625/1/" /><id>82625</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists Partially Reconstruct Genome of Extinct Mammoth]]></summary><issued>2008-11-23T10:03:31+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-23T10:03:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An international team of scientists has reconstructed about two-thirds of the genome of the woolly mammoth using DNA extracted from balls of hair, the first time this has been accomplished for an extinct species.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists Find A Fingerprint Of Evolution Across The Human Genome]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/57566/1/" /><id>57566</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists Find A Fingerprint Of Evolution Across The Human Genome]]></summary><issued>2008-04-09T08:40:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-09T08:40:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Human Genome Project revealed that only a small fraction of the 3 billion &#8220;letter&#8221; DNA code actually instructs cells to manufacture proteins, the workhorses of most life processes. This has raised the question of what the remaining part of the human genome does. How much of the rest performs other biological functions, and how much is merely residue of prior genetic events?<br/><br/>Evolution FTW.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Human Genome Project Phase 2]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/48019/1/" /><id>48019</id><summary><![CDATA[Human Genome Project Phase 2]]></summary><issued>2008-01-22T22:54:08+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-22T22:54:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The original Human Genome Project mapped the DNA from one person and took 13 years to complete.  Today the 1000 Genome Project was announced - a plan to map the differences between individual humans that will give an insight into the physiological differences between us, and genetic diseases too.  It is expected to take 3 years.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Aussie test may be bone transplant lifesaver]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19142/1/" /><id>19142</id><summary><![CDATA[Aussie test may be bone transplant lifesaver]]></summary><issued>2007-05-05T13:13:36+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-05T13:13:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a world-first blood test that could save the lives of tens of thousands of bone marrow transplant patients across the world.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cow genome fully sequenced, Genetically enhanced cows?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/109770/1/" /><id>109770</id><summary><![CDATA[Cow genome fully sequenced, Genetically enhanced cows?]]></summary><issued>2009-04-26T05:30:25+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-26T05:30:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists have fully mapped the genome of cows. <i>the researchers discovered how cows could help inform research into human health and disease.<br/>&quot;We found that cows are much more similar to us than rodents are,&quot;</i><br/><br/>What about the genetic enhancements possible?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/69875/1/" /><id>69875</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton]]></summary><issued>2008-07-24T09:02:51+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-24T09:02:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Kangaroo Genome Map Shows Similarities With Humans]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/82270/1/" /><id>82270</id><summary><![CDATA[Kangaroo Genome Map Shows Similarities With Humans]]></summary><issued>2008-11-19T06:01:03+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-19T06:01:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Australian scientists have produced a map of the kangaroo genome to gain a better understanding of how mammalian DNA is ordered.  Part of the research shows 20,000 genes in common with humans, inherited from a common ancestor.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cataloguing invisible life: Microbe genome emerges from lake sediment]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/72603/1/" /><id>72603</id><summary><![CDATA[Cataloguing invisible life: Microbe genome emerges from lake sediment]]></summary><issued>2008-08-17T14:23:52+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-17T14:23:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Microorganisms from a mud sample collected in Lake Washington. The purple and orange organisms are relatives of Methylotenera mobilis, whose complete DNA sequence is now published.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[First genome transplant changes one species into another]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/32252/1/" /><id>32252</id><summary><![CDATA[First genome transplant changes one species into another]]></summary><issued>2007-08-19T19:19:45+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-19T19:19:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For the first time, scientists have completely transformed a species of bacteria into another species by transplanting its complete set of DNA.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New Artificial Bone Made of Wood]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/130416/1/" /><id>130416</id><summary><![CDATA[New Artificial Bone Made of Wood]]></summary><issued>2009-08-11T00:06:18+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-11T00:06:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Italians scientists have developed a new artificial bone made from wood should be an improvement over the plastic and metal that are now used for implants. Derived from organic material, the new bone substitute will promote faster healing.<br/><br/>    To create the bone substitute, the scientists start with a block of wood &#8212; red oak, rattan and sipo work best &#8212; and heat it until all that remains is pure carbon, which is basically charcoal.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Biomedical researchers create artificial human bone marrow in a test tube]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/86269/1/" /><id>86269</id><summary><![CDATA[Biomedical researchers create artificial human bone marrow in a test tube]]></summary><issued>2008-12-23T08:40:14+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-23T08:40:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.<br/><br/>This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous supply of blood for transfusions.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Human Genome - World's Greatest Battlefield]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/75115/1/" /><id>75115</id><summary><![CDATA[Human Genome - World's Greatest Battlefield]]></summary><issued>2008-09-06T10:51:40+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-06T10:51:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[8 percent of the human genome is made up of viruses that once attacked our ancestors. The viruses lost. What remains are the molecular equivalents of mounted trophies,  DNA fossils. These helped mold our immune system, a system that is truly remarkable evolutionary speaking.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Daisy the dog finds the meal of her dreams... a mammoth bone]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37303/1/" /><id>37303</id><summary><![CDATA[Daisy the dog finds the meal of her dreams... a mammoth bone]]></summary><issued>2007-10-04T07:28:30+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-04T07:28:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Daisy briefly found herself in doggie heaven ... when she was confronted by a bone as big as herself. However, this was no meaty treat - just a prehistoric prize. For Daisy had discovered a fossilised mammoth bone up to two million years old.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Shoplifting Dog Returns To Crime Scene]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/93848/1/" /><id>93848</id><summary><![CDATA[Shoplifting Dog Returns To Crime Scene]]></summary><issued>2009-02-10T17:59:34+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-10T17:59:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The bone stealing dog, now positively identified, made a bee-line straight to the pet food aisle and took another bone. Update to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/86650/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this earlier story</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve found God, says man who cracked the genome]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57170/1/" /><id>57170</id><summary><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve found God, says man who cracked the genome]]></summary><issued>2008-04-06T10:35:52+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-06T10:35:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The scientist who led the team that cracked the human genome is to publish a book explaining why he now believes in the existence of God and is convinced that miracles are real. - Interesting]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Human Likely Killed Neanderthal]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130246/1/" /><id>130246</id><summary><![CDATA[Human Likely Killed Neanderthal]]></summary><issued>2009-08-08T19:41:34+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-08T19:41:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Neanderthal man who lived as recently as 50,000 years ago may have been killed by a modern human armed with an advanced projectile weapon, a new study suggests.<br/><br/>If confirmed, the Paleolithic &quot;murder&quot; would be the first compelling case for an anatomically modern human using a weapon against a member of the extinct human species.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bone Phone]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39792/1/" /><id>39792</id><summary><![CDATA[Bone Phone]]></summary><issued>2007-10-27T20:56:19+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-27T20:56:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A new phone that transmits sound to the inner ear using skull bone conduction.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Woman Finds 'Mammal Bone' in Blue M&amp;M]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/97699/1/" /><id>97699</id><summary><![CDATA[Woman Finds 'Mammal Bone' in Blue M&amp;M]]></summary><issued>2009-03-04T20:45:18+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-04T20:45:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An Atlanta woman has a bone to pick with the candy company Mars after she took a bite into her peanut M&amp;M and says she discovered what a local biologist says is a vertebra from a small mammal.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Super Tuesday: Complete Results (All States Listed, Including the Upcoming Primaries)]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/49547/1/" /><id>49547</id><summary><![CDATA[Super Tuesday: Complete Results (All States Listed, Including the Upcoming Primaries)]]></summary><issued>2008-02-05T20:45:37+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-05T20:45:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Brought to you by CNN, complete results for the all the states that are participating today, updated live.]]></content></entry></feed>