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NEWS ABOUT: nuclear transfer

nuclear transfer stories: 2 news summaries
OPINION

 Time to Get Tough 
 With N. Korea 


Aug 6, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Getting Laura Ling and Euna Lee out of North Korea was a cakewalk compared to the real diplomatic struggles between the Obama administration and the rogue nation, writes Nicolas Kristof. The New York Times columnist, who has visited North Korea five times, used to favor engagement with Kim Jong-Il's regime.... More »

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North Korea • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • Burma • Kim Jong Il • Nicholas Kristof • nuclear transfer • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

Cloning Brings Extinct Ibex Back to Life

Breakthrough may be used to save endangered species

Feb 1, 09 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have used frozen skin samples from a Spanish ibex to create the first clone of an extinct species, reports the Telegraph. The ibex, a wild mountain goat native to the Pyrenees, died out in 2000. Scientists were able to extract DNA from preserved cells and implant it in the... More »

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endangered species • DNA • extinction • goats • animal cloning • Spanish ibex • nuclear transfer

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