MadSci Network: Cell Biology
Query:

Re: What are the recent controvercies in cell biology?

Date: Thu Jan 27 09:41:24 2000
Posted By: Cynthia Galloway, Faculty Biology
Area of science: Cell Biology
ID: 948417859.Cb
Message:

There are many interesting issues in cell biology that you can find in your
local newspaper.  Just yesterday, several papers came out with the story of
the first cloned clone.  This experiment could help determine the effect of
cloning on life span (can the clone live as long as the donor or does the
life span get progressively shorter).  There are also the issues of 
releasing genetically engineered crops into the environment or genetically 
engineering sterility in seeds.  You could invesigate the studies on how 
genes can be delivered to the body to cure genetic defects. Another topic 
that is "hot" in cell biology is signal transduction.  How do cells 
perceive changes in their envoronment? 

Hope these suggestions have helped.


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