AngryToxicologist is a scientist in the public health sector, knows plenty about toxicology, and is occasionally angry about it all. Drop me a line at tox@angrytoxicologist.com.
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What I'm reading, watching, and rating:
Saw
ReadMiddlesex**** out of 5
SawThe Lives of Others***** out of 5. Best movie I've seen in a long time.
March 18, 2008
Category: Live Blogging Society of Toxicology mtg
There is a animal testing karmic pass up in the exhibition hall! I'll post again when I return from my ego trip. PS Since it's tangentally related, I'm going to use the opportunity to express some outrage at what the...
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Category: Live Blogging Society of Toxicology mtg
The poster sessions were largely a bust yesterday but I did come across a couple of interesting ones: 1) Definitive evidence that it was the melamine + cyuranic acid that caused toxicity in animals (by creating crystals inside the kidney)....
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March 17, 2008
Category: Live Blogging Society of Toxicology mtg
In one of the sessions today there was a fantastic talk by Dr Dolinoy. Here are my notes with some explainations where needed: Epigenetics (this is where you affect gene expression by means other than damaging DNA, messing with transcription...
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Category: Live Blogging Society of Toxicology mtg
Gee, I bet you're pumped, right? I'll be doing little updates now and then if I hear anything interesting. The opening lecture was by Dr Lee Hartwell (2001 Nobel Laureate) on science - particularly toxicology, of course - in the...
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