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A potential link between lung cancer and human papilloma virus may make parents even more glad about vaccinating their children with Gardasil®. Not only are the children protected against viruses that commonly cause cervical cancer, they may be protected against some forms of lung cancer as well. The April 25th version of Nature News reports (1) that two viruses, HPV...
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Posted on April 27, 2008 5:50 PM • 10 Comments •
Dying bees and DNA sequencing
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Posted on October 25, 2007 12:15 PM • 1 Comments •
Fun with molecular models!
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Posted on September 11, 2007 11:46 AM • 3 Comments •
Many medical conditions today are treated but never cured. Imagine, a child with a genetic disease like juvenile diabetes or hemophilia. This child will be taking expensive medications for their entire lives. In the case of some diseases the cost of the medications might be more than child or their parents can ever hope to earn in their lifetimes, much...
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Posted on August 3, 2007 4:23 PM • 8 Comments •
I'm seeing these things everywhere. Well, okay, maybe not everywhere. But I have seen lots of these in both Fairbanks and Anchorage. Is this a coincidence? This is a hand-sanitizer, with instructions on how to cough safely....
Posted on June 27, 2007 2:08 AM • 3 Comments •
Yesterday, both Joshua and I wrote about grasses that grow in the unusually hot soil at Yellowstone National Park. Now, I knew that hot springs bacteria can tolerate high temperatures, but I was really surprised to learn that plants could....
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Posted on February 7, 2007 1:36 PM • 0 Comments •
Are viral and fungal infections always a bad thing? Maybe not if you're a plant. In fact, if you're a plant trying to grow in the hot (65° C) soils of Yellowstone National Park, you're going to need all the help you can get....
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Posted on February 6, 2007 4:10 PM • 1 Comments •
Watch "Why don't we do it in our sleeves?" and find out how you rank on the safe coughing scale....
Posted on December 11, 2006 7:03 PM • 3 Comments •
Who infected the children with HIV: Using the data to solve the puzzle.
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Posted on December 7, 2006 6:33 PM • 2 Comments •
Random thoughts on AIDS and HIV
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Posted on November 22, 2006 2:54 PM • 2 Comments •
Did HIV become resistant to Atazanavir because of a genetic change? Was that genetic change inherited? Did HIV evolve? Can we explain why genetic changes at specific sites might help HIV escape the effects of the drug? Let's find out....
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Posted on August 23, 2006 10:06 AM • 0 Comments •
In which we see the results and come to our own conclusions. If you want to let other people tell you what's right and what's wrong, they will surely do so. Turn on the TV and hordes of happy actors bounce around, only too happy to help you purchase the right deodorant. Open your e-mail and everyone wants to share...
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Posted on August 21, 2006 10:00 AM • 0 Comments •
Let the experiment begin....
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Posted on August 19, 2006 11:35 AM • 0 Comments •
But that hasn't always been true. When I was in college, I had part-time jobs drawing blood from patients in the university hospital and as a phlebotomist at local plasma center. Plus, I was a volunteer EMT on an ambulance crew. Needless to say, I saw plenty of blood. And those were the days when no one wore gloves. We...
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Posted on August 14, 2006 4:40 PM • 4 Comments •
If you're going to create a new life form (even if it's only digital), Sunday seems like the best day to give it a try....
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Posted on July 2, 2006 7:00 AM • 0 Comments •
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