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Abbie Smith is a graduate student studying the molecular and biochemical evolution of HIV within patients and within populations. She also studies epigenetic control of ERVs.

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June 29, 2009

OMG I CAN SELL MY EGGS NOW!! EEEEEEEEEE!

Category: General Science

This is so awesome! Women in New York can now be fairly compensated for donating their eggs for stem-cell research! WHOOOO! With the exception for near-sightedness, a sweet tooth, and a 'bad attitude', my family doesnt have a history of...

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Fish drowning in stupid: Now with added prions!

Category: General Science

Anti-GMOers are scared of everything. Not just franken-food and microwaves.

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June 25, 2009

Fish drowning in stupid: GMOs and retroviruses collide!

Category: General Science

TEHY BE PUDDING CANKER VIRUS IN MAH FISH FUD! OH MAH GAAAAAAWD!

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June 23, 2009

Hysterical chiro-woo at White Coat Underground

Category: Skepticism/Critical Thinking

ERV does not have a monopoly on teh crazy. Pal really reels them in with his chronic lyme disease posts, and now, evidently, chiro-woo. I could not have made up this post from 'Dr. Howard Boos' if I had tried....

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June 22, 2009

Have you ever wondered why your chickens gonads are lopsided?

Category: ERVs

Weird science fact of the day: Girl birds only have a left ovary. The right one kinda develops, and then regresses. Left ovary is the only one that works. All birds.Wait... what? What the hell? What kind of evolutionary weirdness...

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June 20, 2009

Making influenza fun! SNEEZE!

Category: General Science

Can you infect an entire city with just one sneeze?

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June 19, 2009

Charles Jackson: Expert on ERVs

Category: Creationism

There is nothing wrong with not knowing something. I dont know lots of stuff. You dont know lots of stuff. Its okay-- we share knowledge with each other. I dont *have* to be an expert in car repair. I dont...

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June 18, 2009

The rise and fall of zinc as a cure for the common cold.

Category: Virology

Zincs connection to the common cold isnt as wooie as you all might be thinking after this weeks Zicamscepade (cough, sniffle). Though Zicam was marketed as a 'homeopathic' remedy, zinc-->common cold connection wasnt established by some naked sweaty white guy...

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June 16, 2009

Steroids, bodybuilding, and anti-aging-- what a tangled web wooers weave

Category: Skepticism/Critical Thinking

Have we talked about the anti-aging roid-ragers on SciBlogs?

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June 14, 2009

Who needs marriage? A new storm gathering

Category: Pop Culture

Season 2 of True Blood starts tonight. Excuse me for a moment. *ahem* EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! *giddyclappingandgiggling* Now before you roll your eyes and ask 'What the hell is up with vampires these days? Is 'True Blood' just a slightly less pathetic...

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