Human-cow hybrid mooted
Two groups of researchers in the UK have jointly applied for permission to fuse human cells with cow eggs emptied of their own nuclear DNA in a bid to create human embryonic stem cells. Stephen Minger’s group at King’s College London and Lyle Armstrong’s group at the North East England Stem Cell Institute in Newcastle upon Tyne aim to use cow eggs instead of scarce human eggs to generate stem cells.
Arecibo faces axe
The world’s most sensitive radio telescope, the 305-metre Arecibo dish in Puerto Rico, faces closure. The US National Science Foundation, which funds the telescope, recommended shutting down the iconic…
