2007: A year of stunning progress in the science of life


	2007: A year of stunning progress in the science of life
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1-1-2008 2:18 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/01637136-920e-4a8e-8b4f-2160e1ea7eb0/C7AE83D8-B488-4E24-BD79-B10D5654382B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><P id="stand-first">From the identification of dozens of disease genes to the cloning of a monkey embryo, several important milestones in biology have been passed over the past 12 months. There were also significant breakthroughs in cosmology and climate science</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/A5559C48-06E3-45E8-B73E-442CAC7F518B" alt="Six week old human embryo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><P>When the human genome was sequenced seven years ago, scientists knew that most of the major scientific discoveries of the 21st century would be in biology. This was particularly true of 2007, which saw huge leaps in our understanding of how genes cause disease and how life works (and can be manipulated) at its most fundamental level.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/10AAD5C0-ED89-400B-89A0-776FD1BA348D" alt="Tropical cyclone Sidr over the Bay of Bengal" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>CLIMATE CHANGE</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>HEART CELLS</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/ED60FDB4-8FE9-41E1-A048-B9231D58354D" alt="An image of distant spiral galaxy Messier 74 captured using the Hubble space telescope" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>DARK MATTER DETECTED?</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>GENES</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>SPECIES TRANSFER</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS MAN RESUSCITATED</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>HYBRID EGGS DEBATE</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/3E5B4B87-7395-4EAF-9C47-437C194D52A5" alt="GM oilseed rape" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>THE RETURN OF GM FOODS?</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>MONKEY CLONE</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/05DCA939-BA4C-4736-94F2-2937884674E1" alt="Woman's stomach, skin, belly button" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/01/science.review.2007?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><STRONG>RE-PROGRAMMING BODY CELLS INTO STEM CELLS</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C7AE83D8-B488-4E24-BD79-B10D5654382B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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