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2012-03-24 new articles we read this week

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Development Vogel G. Reproductive biology. Potential egg stem cells reignite debate. Science. 2012 Mar 2;335(6072):1029-30. PubMed PMID: 22383817. Scientific career Mervis J. Scientific careers. Is motherhood the biggest reason for academia’s gender imbalance? Science. 2012 Mar 2;335(6072):1030-1. PubMed PMID: 22383818. Genomics Xu X, Hou Y, Yin X, Bao L, Tang A, Song L, Li F, […]

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The genome of the naked mole rat!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

The genome sequence of the naked mole rat is published recently (Kim et al., 2011) ! This is an amazing creature that lives almost up to 30 years in captivity, 9 times longer than mice. At the same time they do not seem to suffer from cancer or a decline in fertility (Buffenstein 2008). I […]

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