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Innovation

1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and want of experience maketh apt unto innovations. (Hooker)

3. (Science: botany) a newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Origin: L. Innovatio; cf. F. Innovation.


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... ones probably come up with all sorts of helpful gadgets for the rest of us, but evolution might favour those of us who can readily utilize these innovations; for example, evolution probably favours those who don't get a brain tumour from cell phones before they manage to have children. Or so ...

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by canalon
Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:53 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
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... ones probably come up with all sorts of helpful gadgets for the rest of us, but evolution might favour those of us who can readily utilize these innovations; for example, evolution probably favours those who don't get a brain tumour from cell phones before they manage to have children. Or so ;)

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by biohazard
Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:03 am
 
Forum: Evolution
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Future Human Evolution

... with complex machinery and techonolgy, and utilize these tools to aid our survival. Medicine is one of these tools, but many other technological innovations are likely to become more and more integral parts of human life in the future. A trade-off in this may be that we have many more disadvantageous ...

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Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:56 am
 
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Biotech, the cure

... only needs a major breakthrough to get back on track, and after that we'll see some diseases actually being cured by biotechnological innovations. Currently the only viable stem cell treatment that I'm aware of is blood marrow transplantation, which is an old technique. What comes ...

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by biohazard
Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:17 pm
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: Biotech, the cure
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bioask -knowledge discovery suite

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by latha
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