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Now fast-forward to May of last year, when Venter and his team reported in Science (The Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome in Science), the successful generation of a cell directed entirely by a synthetic genome, programmed from a computer and synthesized piece by piece.
FORBES: Venter and the Vatican
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One solution, proposed by Matt Ridley, a British commentator on the social consequences of genetic knowledge (and former science editor of The Economist), might be the creation of medical-treatment funds, similar to pension funds.
ECONOMIST: A survey of the human genome
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"By linking up computer technology with the science of olfaction, we can speed up the creation of new compounds, and it can take us into areas we've never dreamed of, " says Rahman Ansari, vice president of technical affairs at Quest International, a unit of British chemical giant ICI that developed Este Lauder's blockbuster Tommy Girl.
FORBES: Breaking a Sweat
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The Organization has been deeply engaged also with the creation of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a vital platform for action to protect biodiversity.
UNESCO: OFFICE IN BRASILIA
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In April, the Skolkovo Foundation, chaired by Vekselberg, announced that it was collaborating with MIT on the creation of a new science and technology graduate university outside Moscow called SK Tech.
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The report recommends the creation of an ad hoc working group on science and traditional knowledge.
UNESCO: Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
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Science Minister Edwina Hart announced the creation of the centre when she addressed the BioWales 2013 conference on the future of healthcare on Tuesday.
BBC: ?4m wound research 'will save NHS cash,' Prof Harding says
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The committee in turn recommended the creation of an Innovation Council made up of eminent experts to advise on science and technology.
FORBES: Trading Places: Commerce Drives Science And Technology In Africa
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His most recent creation was the cover girl of the Oct. 18 issue of Science.
FORBES: Science Beyond Belief
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An initiative to assess erosion and sediment transport to marine, lake or reservoir environments aimed at the creation of a holistic approach for the remediation and conservation of surface waters, closely linking science with policy and management needs.
UNESCO: International Hydrological Programme (IHP)