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...discoveries, which can be used in medical applications such as DNA sequencing, were developed at the Lipper Center for Computational Genetics in the lab of Harvard professor George Church...
Church, who is also director of the Lipper Center, said the DNA project has been ongoing since 1987 and was primarily funded by a Department of Energy grant...
...ethical issue arises from the potential contained within every human cell—including those in your mouth—to produce a genetically identical human being. This potential has dominated the contemporary debate about cloning. The procedure involves taking all the DNA from one cell and inserting it into an unfertilized egg to grow a new animal (human or otherwise). Even the cells that slough off your gums when you brush your teeth could be used to make a whole new person. Of course, the most virulent opponents of cloning will not soon want to ban tooth-brushing...
DISMISSAL SOUGHT. Of verdicts against five black and Latino youths convicted in the beating and rape of the so-called Central Park jogger in 1989; after DNA evidence reportedly linked the crime to Matias Reyes, 31, a convicted murderer and rapist who is serving a life term in prison. Lawyers for three of the men have filed a motion seeking to overturn the conviction and plan to present their case before a judge this week...
...procedure was simple enough. Hilary and Ginny both wiped the insides of their cheeks with cotton-tipped wooden swabs--Ginny, so that her DNA could be isolated from George's--and sealed them in cardboard boxes. When they were finished, Ginny asked...