DNA fingerprint results (ASIC200)
This, of course, relates to this: And yes, you all have varying degrees of junk in your genome at the TPA-25 loci within Chromosome 8. Click…
Read articleThis Was in Nature News, So It Has Got to be True!
file this with, “I should have known but refuse to believe” Researchers from the University of Jerusalem claim to have found a gene associated with dictatorial…
Read article“Establishing federal protections against genetic discrimination” – American College of Physicians Proponent of Genetic Anonymity
How would you feel if you were required to pay higher premiums, or worse yet – denied coverage – if an insurance agency found you were…
Read articleThe 8 year plight of foreign medics in Libya accused of intentionally infecting over 400 children with HIV and how the scientific community tried to help them.
On the 24th of July 2007, 5 Bulgarian nurses and 1 Palestinian doctor were released from Libya after having been jailed for more than 8 years…
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The opener for my lecture the other night. Know any others? (click on the movie). (Click on the movie to move through slides)
Read articleReplication, a doodle (a la Breakfast of Champions) version of last night’s lecture.
To begin with, we’ll start with a chicken scratch drawing of a DNA molecule, which you know is double stranded. My poor pathetic attempt at illustration…
Read articleWhoa! This is kind of weird (but possibly a great visual aid when next I talk about cloning)
So, this here is a wedding cake made to look exactly like the bride (Chidi Ogbuta of Allen, Texas). More telling is that this was her…
Read articleStem cell humour.
The petri plate is the work of Satan. How does God know what a petri plate is in this ancient time before the advent of scientific…
Read articleIt’s all about perspective people. A talk about science in Africa.
Hey, look at that! I’m giving a talk tomorrow (Michael Smith Lecture Hall, Michael Smith Building, 12:30pm, Nov 15th). The line reads: For the last five…
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SENSibility 8: The Supercarrot
By Allen Sens,
A genetically engineered carrot has been developed in the US that greatly increases human absorption of the calcium within the vegetable. I am not making this…
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