未来的baby

Imagine being able to override Mother Nature and hand-pick the physical appearance and intellectual traits of your unborn child. Well, thanks to modern science, what may seem far-fetched now could be

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Is the Human Brain Still Evolving? Som

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Is the Human Brain Still Evolving? Some Scientists Think So By Katherine Gypson, George Grow and Dana Demange Broadcast: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCI

VOA慢速英语--First Human Embryo Gene-Fix Could Help Stop Disease

Scientists in Oregon successfully fixed a disease-carrying gene in human embryos. It was the first time this has been done. This small effort could be a big step in preventing inherited, or gene-related diseases. A research team at Oregon Health Scie

SSS 2010-11-08

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? One of the dreams of biomedical scientists is to be able to transform adult cells into other kinds of cells. And thus avoid some of the ethical concerns of working with

超级富豪也将成为健康超人

If the human genome is the book of life, then Crispr technology is its Microsoft Word. The cut-and-paste technique, invented only three years ago, can be used on fledgling genomes to snip out bits of DNA and, if required, insert new stretches. 如果说

VOA标准英语2010年-New Era for Human Genetics Begins

An international effort to build a detailed map of human genetic variation has completed its pilot phase and could shape a new understanding of human evolution and may help in fighting disease. Getty Images/iStockphoto The 1000 Genomes Project aims t

VOA标准英语2013--Scientists Create 3D Roadmap of Human Brain

Scientists Create 3D Roadmap of Human Brain The project is called BigBrain. In three dimensions and intricate detail, it reveals the anatomy of the brain as never seen before. These are images of a 3-D reconstructed human brain with a spatial resolut

美国国家公共电台 NPR Editing Embryo DNA Yields Clues About Early Human Development

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For the first time, scientists have altered the DNA in human embryos to make a fundamental discovery about early human development. Scientists say this proves that modifying genes and human embryos can reveal powerful insights into

美国国家公共电台 NPR Paul Knoepfler: What Are The Unintended Consequences Of Human Gene Editing?

GUY RAZ, HOST: OK. So Juan Enriquez is saying that this is all superpromising and exciting, and we could actually eliminate disease. And we could create... PAUL KNOEPFLER: Right. RAZ: ...You know, future humans who are immune from these horrible affl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Breaking Taboo, Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos

Breaking Taboo, Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:12repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or updat

2006年VOA标准英语-Human Trials of New Drugs Carry Risks for

By Jane M Friedman Washington, D.C. 02 May 2006 watch Clinical Trial report Human Trials, preparing for the shot Six Londoners almost died recently during a human trial of a new drug. The British gove

经济学人62:人类与狗狗 Human beings and dog

Books and Arts; Book Review;Human beings and dogs;Man's best friend; 文艺；书评；人类与狗狗；人类最好的朋友； Scientific research throws new light on a very old partnership 科学研究赋予这一古老的伴侣关系以新的内涵

60秒科学:Human Speech Genes Mimicked in Mice

[Cartoon audio clip] We interrupt your regular broadcast to bring you this important news bulletin. Humans can talk. Chimps cant. Your scientific jargon staggers me, Pinky. In recent years scientists have learned that mutations in a gene called FOXP

基因工程常用词汇

基因工程常用词汇 A 腺苷脱氨酶缺乏症 adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA) 腺病毒 adenovirus Alagille综合征 Alagille syndrome 等位基因 allele 氨基酸 amino acids 动物模型 animal model 抗体 antibody 凋亡 apoptosis 路-巴综合征 ataxia-telangiectasia 常染

英国生态公交车用大便做燃料

Britain's first bus powered by human waste has taken to the streets. 近日，英国首辆靠人类粪便供能的新型环保巴士正式上路。 The 40-seater 'Bio-Bus' is fuelled by biomethane gas, generated by the treatment of sewage and food wa

2006年VOA标准英语-Neanderthal Gene Studies Define Ties to Modern

By David McAlary Washington 15 November 2006 Examination of a bone fragment from our long extinct relatives, the Neanderthals, has yielded unprecedented genetic information about their mysterious relationship to modern humans. It shows that both hum

VOA标准英语2009年-Study Provides New Evidence for Geneti

Vronique LaCapra | Washington 02 December 2009 A very small genetic difference between humans and chimpanzees may help explain why chimpanzees can't speak, but humans can The ability to communicate using complex spoken language is a uniquely human ch

经济学人349:人类本质 什么是人类

Science and technology 科学技术 The nature of humanity 人类本质 What's a man? 什么是人类 Studies of brain genetics are starting to reveal what makes humans human 大脑遗传研究，为你解开人之所以为人的奥秘 THE problem wi

经济学人288:生物技术专利 自然正义

Science and technology 科学技术 Biotechnology patents 生物技术专利 Natural justice 自然正义 America's Supreme Court is to rule on the patenting of genes 美国最高法院将对基因专利做出裁决 THE nine justices on America's Sup

经济学人:基因编辑技术的应用、争议和未来(1)

Leaders 社论 Gene editing 基因编辑 The baby crisperer 婴儿保险盒 A Chinese scientist claims to have edited the genomes of two babies 中国科学家声称已成功编辑两名婴儿的基因 Humanity's power to control the four-letter code