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10/01/09
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10/01/09
I realize you may be joking, but really this protein has nothing to do with enhancing the abilities of anything beyond a sperm so your comment struck me as weird and out of place. Sorry if it came out as harsh.
10/01/09
10/01/09
It was a joke, but you got to make yourself sound smart, so, kudos, sir. :)
10/01/09
I guess my ability to spot sarcasm is a little clouded by my desire to leap to the defence of science. Allow me to give a belated "ha ha".
Oh and for the record, it's ma'am :P
10/01/09
Apology accepted, and I apologize for the snark which I answered your response with, as well; people tossing around knowledge as a weapon to prove how smart they are on message boards is something that has become a pet peeve of mine. :) (I once wrote a short story in which a character, in dialogue, referred to a rabbit as a rodent for alliterative purposes, and I had several responses not to comment or critique the piece, but to 'helpfully' point out to me that rabbits aren't rodents, but lagomorphs. Gee, thanks, readers. :p)
I see that you simply didn't read that it was a joke, so I don't lump you into this grouping, and I apologize for doing so as a kneejerk.
09/30/09
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09/08/09
Not a rug, but it really ties the room together.
09/08/09
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09/08/09
If you're 'a sex panther/primate hybrid', and enjoy long walks in the misty highland mountains of Africa ...
... have your primatologist contact my primatologist. Maybe we can get together for some mutual grooming.
08/19/09
08/19/09
This seems to be the key phrase in the article.
-Kle.
08/18/09
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08/18/09
He will also sell you a magic rock that keeps away tigers.
08/18/09
If you're lucky, the leftover food will have a DNA match in the system & fingerprints on the bag.
Or just sop up some spit from the sidewalk with a clean napkin [be sure to wear gloves in either case] & leave the napkin at the scene.
08/18/09
grab a few bags of trash from your area (including one of your own)
go to intended crime scene
commit crime
toss all the garbage all over the place
1 - you'll totally overwhelm the police/labs
2 - you stuff (including DNA) will be found, but so will that of your neighbour = reasonable doubt.
3 - sheer elegance in its simplicity.
08/18/09
I mean, considering that it's be premeditated in this case.
08/18/09
A few years back I walked up to the checkout counter of a bix box retailer with a 5gal bucket, 1gal of bleach, a 2ft pry bar and a hand saw. Paid in cash. Cashier didn't even bat an eye, too busy talking on her cell. That was the day I started getting ideas.
08/18/09
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08/17/09
Quantum dots have since several years been used for cancer detection. Usually they're used as small "repeater lamps" as they can shine very brightly when shone upon with a different wavelength of light. Often the wavelength is affected depending on whether the dot has made contact with a target molecule or not.
The downside is that we get a rather rough measurement, as multiple DNA strands can stick to the quantum dots.
So, good for "yes-no"-answers or simple imaging, but not so good for more sensitive detailed investigations like early tests.
Those researchers have made the dots pass on incoming light to fluorescent markers at the end of the DNA strands straightaway and having these other molecules shine instead, giving a more exact count of the number of DNA strands detected.
Very clever!
04/27/09
For those of you that didn't understand that, I'll use Egon's "Twinkie analogy": your typical DNA strand, lets say, is represented by a Twinkie. Now, a bug is on part of the Twinkie, so what I'd normally do is cut off the part of the twinkie that has the bug on it, carefully using a knife.
This is using a shotgun to tank out the bug on the twinkie.
Tell them about the Twinkie.
04/27/09
The article is wonderful for what it is, but we are far far away from human application until people become less afraid of gene therapy again.
04/28/09
But this...all of this is academic.
04/28/09
04/28/09
And I agree, no one would use EMS to induce mutations in the hope it would turn on an inert gene. Who said anything about doing EMS? And since I assume you are talking about people here as you refer to "the subject", EMS does not create a virus (proteins themselves are not viruses), it is a mutagen, and will lead to either cell death or cancer because of it, it's more akin to Xray irridation.
But if you really are into this stuff, pubmed actually has a whole bunch of genetics books for free you can read into if you want to learn more, it's really neat stuff!
04/28/09