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Entries by Dr. Jon LaPook from 06/2010

Creating "Synthetic" Life

| Posted 06.03.2010 | Healthy Living
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Once scientists become nimble at synthesizing the human genome, will they use that technology wisely? Who decides how and when the technology should be employed? And how can those decisions be enforced?

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Dancing at 93 Years Old (VIDEO)

| Posted 06.10.2010 | Healthy Living
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Exercise and diet are important to dancer Mary Anthony's longevity. But -- more interesting to me -- what have been the emotional and philosophical foundations of her life?

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Umbilical Cord Blood: Save It and Save Lives

| Posted 06.17.2010 | Healthy Living
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Thousands of Americans -- many of them children -- needlessly die annually because they cannot find either a bone marrow or umbilical cord blood match to help treat conditions like lymphoma and leukemia.

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