The LavaAmp is a portable PCR thermocycler that has the potential to become the default garage biology (home biology, bioDIY, DIYbio) tool once it hits the market. Think of Apple II for personal computing or MakerBot for 3D printing.The 1st LavaAmp...
Topics: biodiy, biohacking, biology, biotechnology, diy, DNA, geek, open science, science, science hacks, SciFoo

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Kaiser Permanente alongside with UCSF plans for genetic analyses of an unprecedented 100,000 older Californians, the Technology Review writes in Massive Gene Database Planned in CaliforniaThe effort will make use of existing saliva samples taken from...
Topics: aging, california, genetics, genomics, science, USA

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Sage Bionetworks is a not-for-profit organization developing an open-access “pre-competitive” platform for networked and annotated models of human disease. It’s a huge and unparalleled bioinformatics enterprise: starting with an...
Topics: bioinformatics, biology, sage, science, USA

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“for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase” press releaseThe award goes to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak.The problem of telomere/telomerases is highlighting the...
Topics: aging, cancer, cell biology, science marketing

{"title":"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009: telomere\/telomerase, Blackburn, Greider, Szostak","post_url":"http:\/\/pimm.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/05\/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2009-telomeretelomerase-blackburn-greider-szostak\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/pimm.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"AttilaCsordas","date":"2009-10-05 03:00:51","summary":"“for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase” press releaseThe award goes to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak.The problem of telomere\/telomerases is highlighting the..."}

Big news at PLoS: today Mark Patterson announced on the PLoS blog that“As part of our ongoing article-level metrics program, we’re delighted to announce that all seven PLoS journals will now provide online usage data for published...
Topics: Plos, science

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