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Healing With Stem Cells- iPS Cells

August 7, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

What is the difference between a stem cell that could re-build a sick or damaged body and a specialized, mature cell? Four genes. A number of cells shut off once […]

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Biology, Stem Cells, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel

Healing With Stem Cells- Embryonic

July 23, 2015by lalancaster 1 Comment

Most people know that stem cells may be the key to curing certain diseases and healing injuries. Stem cells also feature in the novel I’m writing. The research I’m doing right […]

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Biology, Stem Cells, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel

Altering the Pattern

May 12, 2015by lalancaster 1 Comment

The leaves are starting to come out on the trees, the robins are back, and I’ll be planting my garden next weekend. But spring is also time for the Tarp […]

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Genetics

Ethics of Editing Genes

April 5, 2015by lalancaster 3 Comments

If you have a mutation in one gene that makes you sick, wouldn’t it be great to cut it out? There has been progress to do just that. A new […]

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Genetics

Results-What Kind of Immortal Are You?

September 19, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

The results are in! Two weeks ago, I created a novel-based poll, What Kind of Immortal Are You? I asked readers to vote which secret society they would join if they […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Poll-What Kind of Immortal Are You?

August 26, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

Pretend for a moment you are a character in my novel. You have a rare gene that allows you to die and come back to life, rejuvenated. Once you discover […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality, Polls

Healing Broken Hearts

March 1, 2014by lalancaster 1 Comment

With Valentine’s Day not that far behind us, I thought I’d share two fascinating techniques researchers are developing to help patients heal after heart attacks that I could also use […]

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Biology, Genetics

Genetic Surgery?

December 22, 2013by lalancaster Leave a comment

Will genetic surgery ever be possible? Could a genetic engineer take a faulty gene or two that were causing your illness, cut them out and swap in a good copy? […]

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Aging, Biology, Genetics

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