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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.
Category: ERVs
Maybe retroviruses that inserted into our genome, by accident, tens of thousands of years ago, can help us deal with modern diseases! ... Or they might be an artifact of the disease. Too little too late to be of any use to us. LOL! We wont know until we look!!
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Category: Epigenetics
If there is one thing that terrifies me as a blogger, its noticing site-hits from HuffPo. It means one of two things-- 1-- They stole some of your content 2-- One of their kook 'writers' linked to you, and a...
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Category: Epigenetics
A long time ago, I think on Pharyngula, Richard Dawkins said something that really pissed me off. Its been so long ago I cant find the right comment thread anymore, but Dawkins said something regarding epigenetics along the lines of...
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Category: Cancer
As Carl Zimmer recently (and rightly) pointed out at the end of an article on epigenetics, while the concept of being able to alter our epigenetic profiles for therapeutic purposes is a really attractive concept, our current epigenetic therapy options...
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Category: Epigenetics
DO I LOOK PRETTY?
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Category: Epigenetics
It sounds like a creepy dada poetry, but really its a path to cancer, lol.
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Category: Epigenetics
My god, epigenetics is a woo-magnet. Its not epigenetics fault, its just science. But the word 'epigenetics' gets put on this ('chambery thing' heh.). And this. And this. And... well, just Google it. Find your own favorite bit of self-help/explain...
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Category: Epigenetics
The worlds most famous living biologist, Casey Luskin, is either an IDiot, or the biggest IDiot in the known universe. Being an expert in molecular biology, Casey has previously discussed Junk DNA, ie ERVs, at his blog 'Evolution News and...
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Category: Epigenetics
*sigh* My swooning over Venter on the cover of the latest edition of SEED was rudely interrupted by Larry Moran. Evidently he really does get SEED 'for the articles'. heh. Epigenetics at SEED Yeah, um, this SEED article... this article...
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Category: Epigenetics
The discussion PZ and I had a couple of weeks ago sparked a lot of fun questions from viewers/readers. PZ covered a TON of the basics last week, so I figured I better step up to explain my view of...
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Orac 02.13.2012
Tim Lambert 02.01.2012
ERV 11.26.2011
PZ Myers 02.02.2012
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