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Do women stay cooler under
stress than men? Men and women make very different decisions under pressure.
But who loses their head? Mara Mather and researchers at the University of
Southern California were curious to see if stress changes how people m…
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DISRUPTION,
REVOLUTION
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- The CRISPR–Cas9 tool enables scientists to alter genomes practically at will. Hailed as dramatically easier, cheaper and more versatile than previous technologies, it has blazed through labs around the world, finding new applications in medicine and basic research.
But for all the devotion,
CRISPR–Cas9 has its limitations. It is excellent at going to a particular
location on the genome and cutting there, says bioengineer Prashant Mali at the
University of California, San Diego. “But sometimes your application of
interest demands a bit more.”
TOOLS/TECHNIQUES
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- It is evident that molecular biology has also undergone democratization based on emergence of so-called “do it yourself” (DIY) advocates of biology (DIY-BIO), which on the surface seems like a good thing. But, as I’ll expand upon below, DIY-BIO has morphed in a way which has elevated concerns that a well-intentioned DIY aficionado anywhere can now access genetically powerful CRISPR reagents that might inadvertently unleash a harmful home-made organism.
- CoreGenomics: Comparison of DNA library prep kits by the Sanger Institute
Comparison of DNA library prep
kits by the Sanger Institute The views expressed by James in this blog are his
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undead are entirely accidental. Short Bio: James received a…
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COMPANIES
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- To say that Bill Linton has a long-term vision for Promega, the Fitchburg, WI-based biotech business he founded in 1978 and continues to lead as chairman and CEO, would qualify as an understatement. In 2013, he told the Isthmus newspaper that he was working to arrange a corporate structure that would allow Promega “to celebrate its 100-year anniversary as a private company, as an independent company.”
- I tried the Amazon for labs and it makes life way easier!
I tried the Amazon for labs,
and it makes life way easier! Ordering a kit for an experiment could quickly
become a nightmare. There are an incredible amount of suppliers out there
who are selling similar products that could greatly vary in price and…
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT
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- The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote saturated fat as the culprit instead, newly released historical documents show.
The internal sugar industry
documents, recently discovered by a researcher at the University of California,
San Francisco, and published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggest that five decades of research into the role of nutrition and
heart disease, including many of today’s dietary recommendations, may have been
largely shaped by the sugar industry.
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