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Fifty years ago this week, James Watson and Francis Crick solved the structure of DNA. To mark that momentous discovery, TIME last week convened a distinguished group of scientists, academics and business innovators for a conference in Monterey, Calif., called the Future of Life. Over three days of spirited debate, participants, including Watson, examined such issues as stem-cell research, cloning, biowarfare and nanotechnology. Near the end, Surgeon General Richard Carmona offered this piece of wisdom: "Science must take care not to leave the public behind...
According to the terms of the gift, much of the funding will be used for genomics research, the study of the DNA blueprint of an organism...
...EUTHANIZED. DOLLY, 6, the world's first cloned sheep; after being diagnosed with progressive lung disease; in London. Cloned in 1996 with DNA from an adult ewe's cell, Dolly lived to half the expectancy of her breed. Her early death and illnesses--she also had arthritis--raised questions about whether she had aged prematurely and about the safety of cloning...
...applying the new science of DNA to gain insight into old specimens, according to Hanken...
...What you have in a collection is millions of dead animals, preserved for longterm use,” Hanken says. “These collections were made before molecular biology was born. The techniques of molecular biology allow us to go back to preserved specimens and pull out DNA from extinct organisms and endangered species...