The consequences of mumps
Category: viruses
Mumps was a common childhood disease when I was a child. We grew up learning that it was better to get mumps as a child because getting it as an...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 11:35 AM • 7 Comments •
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August 28, 2008
Category: viruses
Mumps was a common childhood disease when I was a child. We grew up learning that it was better to get mumps as a child because getting it as an...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 11:35 AM • 7 Comments •
August 27, 2008
Category: viruses
Sometimes faith isn't enough.
Posted by Sandra Porter at 3:00 PM • 9 Comments •
August 26, 2008
Category: Science culture
Last night we went to a pub to hear about some new technology for diagnostic testing. A wonderful speaker, Karen Hedine from Micronics came and told us about the work...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 2:17 PM • 4 Comments •
August 25, 2008
Category: Science education
A few days ago, I wrote about a cool project that some high school students did where they used DNA sequencing to identify seafood. One question that came up from...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 3:31 PM • 12 Comments •
August 22, 2008
Category: Chemistry & Biochemistry
The Periodic Table of Videos from the University of Nottingham has 118 short YouTube clips about the elements. Wired Campus recommended the Sodium clip (below). I liked it, too. It's...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 6:00 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Science education
Two teenagers, Kate Stoeckle and Louisa Strauss, carried out their own science project over the past year. They visited 4 restaurants and 10 grocery stores and gathered 60 samples of...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 4:02 PM • 6 Comments •
August 21, 2008
Category: Bioinformatics
Could annotating genetic changes in the Alcohol Dehydrogenase genes drive researchers to drink?
Posted by Sandra Porter at 8:05 AM • 11 Comments •
August 15, 2008
Category: Immunology
Vaccines work by stimulating the immune system to respond to a specific thing. Most of the vaccines we use are designed to prime the immune system so that it's ready...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 3:38 PM • 2 Comments •
August 14, 2008
Category: vaccines
A long time ago, I saw a movie called "The Other Side of the Mountain." The movie told the story of Jill Kinmont, a ski racer who contracted polio and...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 2:18 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Biology (Macroscopic )
Vaccines protect wild animals, pets, and agricultural animals.
Posted by Sandra Porter at 9:00 AM • 6 Comments •
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