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That's a wrap! Thanks for a great season. See you all next year!
We should be shooting 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday again next year.
Final schedule to be finalized in February.
We should be shooting 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday again next year.
Final schedule to be finalized in February.
The truth revealed!
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Gnome, gnome on the range!
Yes, folks, now we know the truth about how Jailbird came to look like a cow. Mad scientific experiments deformed the poor guy and grew an udder smack in the middle of his stomach!<br />
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From a Scottish newspaper -<br />
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From a Scottish newspaper -<br />
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Plan for mixed human-cow embryos to ease stem cell ethics burden<br />
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SCIENTISTS yesterday formally applied for permission to create embryos that are part cow and part human.<br />
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They plan to extract stem cells from the embryos that can be studied for their potential to treat human diseases.<br />
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By using embryos derived from animal eggs, they hope to avoid the ethical problems of tampering with human life.<br />
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Future experiments may involve the creation of hybrid human and rabbit embryos.<br />
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Teams at Edinburgh University and Kings College London have already announced plans to seek the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's permission for similar work.<br />
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The latest application was submitted to the HFEA, which regulates all embryo research, by the North-east England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI). The Institute is jointly run by Durham and Newcastle universities. A five-strong team led by Dr Lyle Armstrong plans to carry out the work at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle.<br />
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Dr Armstrong, a lecturer at Newcastle University, helped create the world's first cloned human embryo last year.<br />
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The research involves transferring nuclei containing DNA from human cells, such as skin cells, to cows' eggs.<br />
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The resulting embryos are 99.9 per cent human but retain a fraction of animal genes, and are therefore classed as "chimeras" - mixtures of species.
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SCIENTISTS yesterday formally applied for permission to create embryos that are part cow and part human.<br />
<br />
They plan to extract stem cells from the embryos that can be studied for their potential to treat human diseases.<br />
<br />
By using embryos derived from animal eggs, they hope to avoid the ethical problems of tampering with human life.<br />
<br />
Future experiments may involve the creation of hybrid human and rabbit embryos.<br />
<br />
Teams at Edinburgh University and Kings College London have already announced plans to seek the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's permission for similar work.<br />
<br />
The latest application was submitted to the HFEA, which regulates all embryo research, by the North-east England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI). The Institute is jointly run by Durham and Newcastle universities. A five-strong team led by Dr Lyle Armstrong plans to carry out the work at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle.<br />
<br />
Dr Armstrong, a lecturer at Newcastle University, helped create the world's first cloned human embryo last year.<br />
<br />
The research involves transferring nuclei containing DNA from human cells, such as skin cells, to cows' eggs.<br />
<br />
The resulting embryos are 99.9 per cent human but retain a fraction of animal genes, and are therefore classed as "chimeras" - mixtures of species.
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