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Covid-19 vaccines: record speed

It took four years to develop a mumps vaccine.

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Cloning, from Huxley to Dolly to Kurt

In 1932, Aldous Huxley published Brave New World, where he envisioned a future where humans are mass produced through a cloning process. On 22 February 1997, 65 years later, scientists in Scotland introduced a lamb named “Dolly” to the world; she was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. Scientists can use cloning techniques […]

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“Bubble Boy” dies after unsuccessful bone marrow transplant

David Vetter (1971 – 1984)