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The poet Joyce Kilmer wrote, "Poems are made by fools like me, / But only God can make a tree". New research by Craig Venter, one of the main scientists behind the human genome sequencing project, may change all that. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers seeking ways to genetically-modify microbes to get them to do their bidding said on Thursday they had taken a big step toward their goal by transplanting an altered genome from one germ to another. Full Article at Reuters
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President Obama announced two long-awaited appointees this week, tapping Regina Benjamin as his surgeon general and Francis Collins as the head of the NIH. Full Article at Seed
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President Obama on Wednesday nominated Dr. Francis Collins, a pioneering geneticist who led the government's successful effort to sequence the human genome, as head of the National Institutes of Health. Full Article at The Seattle Times
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He is a leader in the personalization of medicine and a forceful advocate of transparency and collaboration in research, said Nancy G. Brinker, chairwoman of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance. Full Article at Los Angeles Times
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My administration is committed to promoting scientific integrity and pioneering scientific research and I am confident that Dr. Francis Collins will lead the NIH to achieve these goals
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Science is not the only way of knowing ... The spiritual worldview provides another way of finding truth. Scientists who deny this would be well advised to consider the limits of their own tools.
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He's keenly interested in basic science ... That's very, very important. I have found him to be an outstanding colleague and collaborator.
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It is humbling for me, and awe-inspiring, to realize that we have caught the first glimpse of our own instruction book, previously known only to God
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
