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Epigenetics may be a critical factor contributing to homosexuality, study...
Why does homosexuality occur? Epigenetics is the term used for how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches called epi-marks. Epi-marks appear to be a critical and overlooked factor...
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eClutter No More!
Reblogged from Promega Connections: As each year draws to a close, I find myself making a mental list of everything that I want to change for the new year. I'm going to work out more often, I'm going...
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Tis the Season
Reblogged from Promega Connections: The halls are decked, the lights are up, and the presents are wrapped and sit enticingly under the tree. Outside there is light snow falling, and somewhere in the...
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The Rise of Dinosaur Proteomics?
Reblogged from Promega Connections: Years ago when I was still working in the lab, I was looking for control RNA options for my experiment in the Ambion catalog when I came across a listing for...
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Leukemia Cure for Emma
NY Times Article “Breakthrough Experimental Treatment for Advanced Leukemia” “Emma was near death from acute lymphoblastic leukemia but is now in remission after an experimental treatment at the...
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DNA- Repairing Protein May Be Key To Preventing Recurrence Of Some Cancers
Reblogged from ScienceNews in quotes: Krüppel-like factor 8 (KLF8) regulates critical gene transcription and cellular events associated with cancer. However, the role of KLF8 in cancer remains largely...
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"Fingerprinting" Your Cell Lines
Reblogged from Promega Connections: Researchers working with immortalized cell lines would readily agree when I state that it is almost impossible to look at cells under the microscope and identify...
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A New Edge in Bisulfite Conversion
Reblogged from Promega Connections: I've talked quite a bit about bisulfite conversion and DNA methylation analysis in past posts. Aberrant methylation events have significant impacts in terms of...
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The immortal HeLa genome
Reblogged from Musings of a mitochondriac: Henrietta Lacks could never have imagined that tiny, invisible parts of her would enthrall, empower, and perplex scientists for decades. In 1951, she...
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BRAIN INITIATIVE for the Science Community
President Obama announced on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, a White House initiative called Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) designed to revolutionize our understanding of...
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Shining a Light on Science Misconceptions
Reblogged from EcoJournalist: When scientists describe how non-specialists misunderstand their language, there's often a note of sadness in the discussion. If only the United States public was more...
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What Will You Do on Your Summer Vacation?
Reblogged from Promega Connections: Promega Connections is delighted to feature this guest post from Amy Prevost, Director Scientific Courses, BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute. Summer...
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Compound Screening Using Cell-Free Protein Expression Systems
Reblogged from Promega Connections: Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell-free protein expression systems have found great utility in efforts to screen organic compounds for inhibition of the basic...
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DVD discs double as cheap diagnostic kit for HIV.
Reblogged from someone somewhere: A prototype device uses DVDs to diagnose HIV on the cheap The hope is to have it rolled out as a clinically validated device for a range of diseases within three...
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Phylo: A Crowdsourced, Beautiful Biodiversity Game
Reblogged from Promega Connections: They started with one provocative thought: "Kids know more about Pokemon than they do about the plants and animals in their backyard. We'd like to do something...
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OneZoom, The Fractal Phylogenic Tree Explorer
Reblogged from Promega Connections: I am reminded daily that we live in an age of wonders. To find out where somebody lives, I plug in their address into any one of a number of mapping web...
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Rapid DNA Technology: Establishing your Identity in Less than Two Hours
Reblogged from Promega Connections: While the forensic and general communities continue to argue about the merits of the recent Supreme Court ruling on collection of samples from arrestees prior to...
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How Birds Lost Their Penises?
Reblogged from someone somewhere: How did the chicken lose its penis? By killing off the growing appendage in the egg. That's the finding of a new study, which reveals how most birds evolved to lose...
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For Better Science Meetings, Invite an Artist
Reblogged from The Finch and Pea: So you’re putting together a scientific conference. You’ve chosen your topic, location and date. You’ve booked a venue and lined up sources for coffee, lunch and...
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From Zombies to Hanta Virus to Wizards in Training: Summertime Reading
Reblogged from Promega Connections: Just the other day, the local library near Promega held its Friends of the Library Summer Book Sale, and several of the Promega editors trekked to the stacks to...
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