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Genetic alterations to human embryo stir fears (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) : By MALCOLM RITTER News that scientists have for the first time genetically altered a human embryo is drawing fire from some watchdog groups that say it's a step toward creating "designer babies." But an author of the study says the work was focused on stem cells. He notes that the researchers used an abnormal embryo that could never have developed into a baby anyway. "None of us wants to make ...

Study: Today's immigrants less assimilated (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) : By EUNICE MOSCOSO Current immigrants, especially Mexicans, are less assimilated than those 100 years ago, a study to be released today found. The study uses census data going back more than a century to measure assimilation through various indicators such as English-learning, employment, home ownership, rates of marriage to native-born people, child bearing, naturalization, educational ...

For Some, Breast Cancer Prevented By Physical Activity (Medical News Today) : A recent study published in the British Journal of SportsMedicine reports that physically active women are 25% lesslikely to develop breastcancer. The researchers, hailing from Canada and Australia, notehowever that some groups have a greater likelihood of seeing preventivebenefits than others.A woman's level of protectiveness against breast cancer is affected byseveral factors.

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