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Archive for July, 2008

St. Louis Crisis Nursery

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in charity | No Comments »

Recently I was asked to join the Young Professionals Board of the St. Louis Crisis Nursery. The Nursery is a terrific organization that provides safe, short-term shelter for children ... Read more..

War on cancer

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

There was an article in US News and World Report calling for a new war on cancer. A couple of the more far out comments on the article confirms my ... Read more..

Knit one, purl two

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Want to give just the right present to your favorite genomicist, how about knitting a sweater made out of DNA? Japanese researchers have developed a technique that can manipulate DNA ... Read more..

Personal DNA testing

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Last night on NOVA scienceNOW there was a segment on the personal DNA tests currently being marketed to consumers (you can watch the segment on the website, unfortunately no ability ... Read more..

Self-Swiftboating

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Lawrence Lessig has an interesting take on the recent dust up over Sen. Obama's positions on campaign financing and telecom immunity. In short, the Obama campaign is attacking Sen. Obama's ... Read more..

Living data storage

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in genomics, IT | No Comments »

Researchers in Japan have created the first DNA molecule made from entirely artificially created bases. While some are trying to manufacture artificial life by creating DNA molecules in the lab, ... Read more..

Lincoln and Darwin

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in genomics, politics | 2 Comments »

It turns out that Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same day. No, they didn't just share a birthday, they were actually born on the exact same ... Read more..