23rd July '08Today's Top Blog Posts on Genetics
1. Pharyngula: I guess ‘eponymous’ wasn’t on the LSAT
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Nick Matzke, one of the world’s leading experts in detecting absurdities in creationist texts, has discovered a real howler from Casey Luskin. Luskin is complaining that he, Junior Woodchuck lawyer for an intellectually…
2. Women’s Health Weekly Review: July 6 - July 12
Breast CancerBreast asymmetry after cancer treatment affects quality of life, U-M study findsYoung women’s breast cancers tend to be more aggressive and less responsive to treatment than the cancers that arise in…
3. Pharyngula: Stop it NOW, please
So I have this new policy of posting email that threatens violence with full identifying information. I may have to retract that, since it looks like it’s getting abused. The idea was that I would have a public record…
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4. Genetics and Dogs or…FIDO’s DNA Study
Genetics has always fascinated me. In my former “day job” position at a Columbus healthcare system I managed the Cancer Genetic Counseling program. Being a young cancer survivor, I was tested early on for a genetic…
5. Genetically Modified Tomatoes as Oral Vaccine Against Alzheimer’s Disease?
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How would you like your tomato to be able to protect you from Alzheimer’s disease?Alzheimer’s Disease is believed to be caused by the accumulation of beta-amyloid, a toxic insoluble fibrous protein in the brain,…
6. Throttled!
Yeesh, not only am I busy at this meeting, but two factors are conspiring to keep me away from the web.The internet service in this hotel is abominable — I've tried both the wireless and wired access, and it's…
7. Thumper?…..more like Humper!
Is it in their genetic code to spawn as many babies they can in their lifetime? Could it be that their goal is to rule the world someday? We already had a “humper” in the oval office…didn’t work out so well. …
8. Home Nest
Creating a nest is definitely something strong within my family’s genetic code. I come from a long line of women who were crazy for decorating, who created their homes with old things, who shared nesting ideas and gave…
9. Gene Logic Renews Agreement with Agilent Technologies as Certified …
. advanced statistical analysis, gene function analysis and genome annotation. The BioMolecules division provides essential molecular biology commodities like DNA oligonucleotides and flexible custom (and catalog) m…
10. Episode 1: A ScreenCast Tutorial On How-To Do A Multiple Sequence Alignment & Draw A Phylogenetic Tree Using Swami
The last time I did a little tutorial on how to use bioinformatic tools in anthropological research was last October. I’ve had some ideas since then and have decided to restart this project. The biggest change is the…
11. The Genetics of The Book of Mormon
I recently read an article of his on Mormon Times that discusses the Genetics of the Book of Mormon. It is aimed at those that think DNA and other scientific research proves the Book of Mormon false. His article is…
12. Questions and Miscellaneous
Plus to get the orientations all right, I have to put photos out of order and, well, that just goes against my genetic code! from nachtstern . . . do I have a 150×50 fan blinkie? No. I don’t. But I want one! …
13. Friday Favorites
Happy Friday! AnnouncementsWendy Piersall of Sparkplugging launched a new project this week called SparkplugU which offers classes to “help you make money from home and start or market your business”!Sally of…
14. Hearbreaks in silence
Our desires for connection are born not of that seed planted by god to lead us back to him, but of a genetic code that enables the species to survive. The species is the goal. I am not important. I will be forgotten.…
15. The Genetic Fallacy
If Deep Blue advises us of a chess move, we trust it based on our understanding of the code that searches the game tree, being unable to evaluate the actual game tree ourselves. What could license any probability…
