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...
Posted on March 18, 2008 12:09 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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)....
Posted on March 18, 2008 8:40 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted on March 17, 2008 4:23 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted on March 17, 2008 12:12 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks