University of Northern Iowa
Posted in Bioinformatics, Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2008
It’s pretty common these days to pick up an issue of Science or Nature and see people ranting about GenBank (1). Many of the rants are triggered, at least in part, by a wide-spread misunderstanding of what GenBank is and how it works. Perhaps this can be solved through education, but I don’t think that’s [...]
Posted in Plant Biotechnology on Jun 26th, 2008
The world’s leading expert on the opium poppy has joined forces with researchers working on another infamous drug-producing plant—cannabis—in hopes of finding new uses for the much-maligned sources of heroin and marijuana.
On Campus Online: November1, 2007
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 26th, 2008
If you’re fretting about drinking, you might be skipping red wine despite evidence that the grape squeezings may carry health benefits.Some day, if all goes well in the lab, you may be able to take a pill instead. And Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a pioneer of the approach, just reported results from an early study in diabetic [...]
Posted in Cloning on Jun 25th, 2008
A University of Melbourne team has broken new ground, extracting genes from the extinct tasmanian tiger and bringing them back to life in another living creature.
Tasmanian tiger DNA comes alive in mouse – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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