A modern day Jurassic Park . . .

Scientists produce cloned embryos of extinct frog . . .

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130315151044.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmost_popular+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Most+Popular+News%29

Cyanobacteria and their plasmids

As we discussed in Chapter 19, bacterial can contain extra circles of DNA called plasmids that are also transcribed and translated into proteins.   Here is an current example of how cyanobacteria expresses genes on a particular plasmid.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130315074607.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmost_popular+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Most+Popular+News%29

Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

Some bacteria can now resist even the strongest antibiotics . . .

http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/nightmare-bacteria-shrugging-off-antibiotics-on-rise-in-u-s

Baby born with HIV cured

A baby born with the HIV virus appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-baby-born-hiv-apparently-cured-213124051.html