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• Conn. court overturns same-sex marriage ban
Zarella added, "The ancient definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman has its basis in biology, not bigotry. If the state no longer has an interest in the regulation of procreation, then that is a decision for the legislature or ...
• Harvard gets its largest gift: $125 million
The new institute will bring together experts from numerous disciplines, including robotics, biology, computer science and surgery. It will build on the work of the existing Harvard Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Cambridge, and ...
• Promising stem cell method avoids embryos
The advantage these cells have in comparison to embryonic stem cells is that there is no ethical problem with these cells and that they are natural,” said study lead author Thomas Skutella, a professor at the Center for Regenerative Biology and ...
• Mysterious DNA survives eons of evolution
Mutations are introduced into these regions just as they are everywhere else, but they're swept out of the genome much more quickly," said researcher Gill Bejerano, professor of developmental biology and computer science at Stanford University ...
• Scientists confirm shark's ‘virgin birth’
RICHMOND, Va. - Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the ...