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By entangledbank / 25 May 2011

When identical genes just aren’t enough

For the last decade, everyone has been excited about the medical possibilities of stem cells. Need a new liver? What if we could grow one for you in essentially the same way that you grew your first liver when Continue Reading …

By entangledbank / 19 March 2009

The confusion over funding basic science is about much more than an ignorant Canadian chiropractor.

Over the last few days Canadians have become positively apoplectic over the comments of their Minister of State for Science and Technology, the Honorable Gary Goodyear. It’s really hard to believe how this whole affair began. In an interview with Continue Reading …