X-Message-Number: 18929 Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:31:16 -0700 From: "John Grigg" <> Subject: Jumping genes & birthday I found this fascinating article from Ray Kurzweil's website. Think of the possibilities!! Another wall to progress which appears to be soon coming down. : ) John P.S. Today's my birthday(actually by the time you get this it will have been yesterday)! I am my mother's "day after taxes" baby. : ) I am turning the big 35!! And in five years I will be forty! :O How did this happen? Where did all that time go? The years do seem to go by faster as one grows older. I celebrated by going and seeing The Lord of the Rings with a friend who had not seen it yet. It was my second time and the film still worked it's magic on me. The messages in that film about friendship and perseverance in the face of adversity are very powerful and universal themes. ************************* Jumping genes make 'designer' animals easy March 27, 2002 ************************* Biotech company Tosk says it can add genes to mammalian cells with unprecedented efficiency with the help of fruit fly DNA that can jump in and out of chromosomes. Introducing genes into mammals is laborious and expensive at present. The new method promises to make genetically modified mammals... http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99992092 See Dave Matthews Band live or win a signed guitar http://r.lycos.com/r/bmgfly_mail_dmb/http://win.ipromotions.com/lycos_020201/splash.asp Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18929