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US Health Chief: Embryo gene editing 'great shock'
Early last year, a little-known Chinese researcher turned up at an elite meeting in Berkeley, California, where scientists and ethicists were discussing a technology that had shaken the field to its core — an emerging tool for "editing"...
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Cancer conference discuss treatments
Barcelona, September 24, 2007
1. Various shots of Laurent Cohen walking steps down
2. Various shots of Laurent Cohen at his desk
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Laurent Cohen, Cancer Survivor
"I never had doubts that I was going to win this...
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USA: US-EU GENETIC FOODS TRADE DISPUTE
English/Nat
Genetically modified, or G-M, crops are the cause of the latest trade dispute between the U-S and Europe.
Advocates of crops that are genetically engineered to kill insect say that they reduce the need for heavy doses of...
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Cloned cows produce milk that contains human breast milk enzymes
AP Television
Beijing, China, May 12, 2011
1. Mid worker preparing to milk cows
2. Close of industrial milk bottle with cow in the background
3. Wide of two industrial milk bottles
4. Close up sign in Mandarin at farm entrance:...
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USA: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER GENE THAT CAUSES RARE FORM OF HAIR LOSS
English/Nat
Scientists have discovered a gene that causes a rare and extreme form of hair loss - a finding they say could one day point to better remedies for common hereditary baldness.
Researchers found the gene - appropriately named...
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Dr. Charles Arntzen, Director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU talks about his research that focuses on genetically modifying tobacco plants to create a protein used to develop an Ebola drug. (Aug. 18)
Drug makers and academic laboratories going beyond standard techniques in the push to develop a treatment for the Ebola virus that's killed more than 1,100 people in West Africa.
Researchers working on the experimental drug ZMapp have...
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Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops
AP Television
Kunming, Yunnan Province, China - October 15, 2008
1. Close up of baby in front of grain bags, pull out to wide shot of store front
2. Close up of ground corn in bag
3. Medium shot of Zheng Wencai looking at beans
4....
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US scientists turn back the clock to develop new crops
This Kansas field could be a small step toward a big leap forward in agriculture.
Researchers from the non-profit research organisation the Land Institute are working to turn this wheatgrass into a viable crop to replace the standard...
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Super queens selectively bred to halt bee decline
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4033684LEAD IN: Scientists in Canada are breeding a genetically superior queen bee in the hope of reversing a catastrophic decline in bee populations around the world. Bees have been dying off in...
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Super queens selectively bred to halt bee decline
LEAD IN: Scientists in Canada are breeding a genetically superior queen bee in the hope of reversing a catastrophic decline in bee populations around the world. Bees have been dying off in alarming numbers during the past eight to nine...
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Doctor hunts for Ebola vaccine in genetically modified tobacco plants
Drug makers and academic laboratories are pushing scientific boundaries in a race to develop a treatment for the Ebola virus that's killed more than 1,100 people in West Africa.
Researchers working on the experimental drug ZMapp have...
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Researchers finalise mapping of Mexican genome
1. Wide of news conference
2. Mexican President Felipe Calderon (in centre) looking at genomic database on a laptop computer during presentation
3. Cutaway of cameraman and projection screen
4. Wide of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE...
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The survival of the northern white rhinoceros and dozens of other species could hinge on the collection amassed over nearly 40 years that has become the largest gene bank of its kind: The Frozen Zoo. (Feb. 11)
SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Kennedy, Zookeeper, San Diego Zoo Safari Park
"There are only five northern white rhino left in the world."
SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Kennedy, Zookeeper, San Diego Zoo Safari Park
"The chances of these animals...
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USA: BILL TO ENSURE GM FOODS ARE LABELLED
English/Nat
A cross party group of U-S representatives plan to introduce a bill before Congress that, if passed, would require genetically engineered food have a label alerting consumers to the fact.
The American consumer currently finds...
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Plant cloning lab set up in remote village
1. Pan from palm trees to house
2. Tilt down from tree to house
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jose Manuel Cuellar Zometa, Gensa President
4. Wide shot of family gathered outside
5. Various of plants
6. Close up of flower
7. Woman in lab
8....
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Reaction as Chinese researcher claims he helped make genetically edited babies
Scientists and bioethics experts reacted with shock, anger and alarm on Monday, to a Chinese researcher's claim that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies.
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Reaction as Chinese researcher claims he helped make genetically edited babies
Scientists and bioethics experts reacted with shock, anger and alarm on Monday, to a Chinese researcher's claim that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies.
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President on DRCongo, Africa food aid
1. President George W. Bush at Africa summit
2. Audience clapping
3. SOUNDBITE (English) President George W. Bush:
"In the Congo, nine countries took part in a five-year war that brought death to (M) millions. Now the parties to the...
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THE WORLD'S LAST REMAINING WILD HORSES
Hungary's Hortobagy National Park has the largest Asian Wild Horse population outside Mongolia.
The Asian wild horse is the only truly wild horse remaining in the world.
Running free - Asian wild horses in Hungary's Hortobagy National...
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Scientists complete a quarter of the first US biobank
Oakland, California, US, April 21, 2010
1. Low angle of lab technician
2. Close up of saliva samples
3. Close up of samples with small barcodes
4. Wide of lab technician walking up to computer
5. Close up of computer
6. Close up of...
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WRAP Interview with doctor who says he has cloned a human child
1. Wide of conference room at Rome Foreign Press Association
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Doctor Severino Antinori:
(talking about the baby he claims to have cloned) "It's the 33rd week - I expect the birth for the first week of...
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Sect claims more clones expected
1. Wide shot of pavilion in park
2. Photos of alleged UFO sightings displayed in pavilion
3. Book titled "Extra Terrestrials", pan to another book titled "Yes to Human Cloning"
4. Two Raelian members standing beside display
5. Children...
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Events to mark annual Earth Day
April 22, 2003
1. Wide shot Capitol Hill from Pennsylvania Avenue
2. Wide shot man and boy looking at duck in pool
3. Medium shot gardener shovelling from back of truck
4. Zoom in children at Navy Earth Day holding "Earth Balloons"
5....
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Vatican ponders moral implications of tinkering with creation
1. Exterior of building where conference on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is taking place
2. Interior of conference room with delegates seated around tables
3. Italian Health Minister Girolamo Sirchia (left of shot) sitting...