Quantum of Science

Zhong Zhong i Hua Hua, prvi klonirani primati, Izvor: Qiang Sun i Muming Poo/Chinese Academy of Sciences Kineski naučnici su ovog mjeseca postigli ono što se dugo pokušavalo: istom metodom kojom je stvorena ovca Dolly , metodom koju zovemo somatski stanični nuklearni transfer, uspjeli su dobiti primate - dva majmuna na slici gore, vrste dugorepi makaki ( Macaca fascicularis ). Kao i ovca Dolly, i ovi majmunčići imaju svoja vlastita imena - jedan je Zhong Zhong, a drugi Hua Hua, prema kineskoj riječi "Zhonghua" u značenju "kineski narod".  Rad je objavljen u časopisu Cell i možete ga pročitati, ovdje, link je dat u naslovu " Cloning of Macaque Monkeys by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer "  Naime, nakon kloniranja Dolly, koja je bila prvi klonirani sisar, naučnici su istom metodom pokušavali dobiti primate, ali bez uspjeha: embriji su bili vijabilni, ali se nikada ne bi razvili u zdrav organizam. Sama metoda somatskog staničnog nuklearnog tr...

I think I can safely say that I am “British-inclined”. Maybe a lot of you will hold this against me, but I am not much of a local-patriot. As I child, I was practically in love with ancient Greece, myths, stories, epics and mostly through drawings by a British neoclassicist John Flaxman (York, 1755- London, 1826) gathered in a collection of retold ancient Greek epics and myths prepared by Gustav Schwab (Stuttgart, 1792 - Stuttgart, 1850),  German writer and publisher. I fell in love with literature and fine arts through Flaxman's drawings and Schwab's Sagen des klassischen Altertums, however, almost at the same time I discovered The Beatles (through my mother), David Bowie (through my mother and the movie Labyrinth) and Queen (through MTV). The Rolling Stones and I have met some time later. John Flaxman, "Penelope Surprised by the Suitors", 1805. Once you discover the British rock scene, you almost instantly find yourself in a historical ...