Say good-bye to Blu-ray. The CD of the future is coming soon.
Cancer protection in people with Down syndrome could someday lead to an anti-cancer vitamin.
That bird that keeps pooping on your head? It DOES have a grudge against you!
The top 10 new species of 2008, including a tiny seahorse and bacteria [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘cancer’
May 22, 2009
Vengeful birds, an anti-cancer vitamin, new species, and more!
January 19, 2009
A new reason to stick to that resolution to quit smoking…
Mid-way through January, many New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. I, for one, have been keeping my lab notebook more organized, but my posts have been a bit on the tardy side. For any of you out there resolving to quit smoking this year, maybe this will be a motivational boost. [...]
December 12, 2008
Don’t worry, be happy!
Happiness is contagious. Read about that and more in
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November 10, 2008
Genetically engineered tomatoes are purple, contain antioxidants, not babies
This week, scientists from the UK have published a study describing how they genetically engineered a purple tomato enriched with antioxidants that could provide potent health benefits (see the links for a picture). This reminded me instantly of a paper I wrote back in college for a Science and Politics class about the irresponsibility [...]
October 10, 2008
This Week’s BioBites: Good News at Last!
Well, while Wall Street falls apart, scientists have been busy figuring out everything from why we all want to punish those Wall Street brokers to better ways to detect Down’s syndrome. Hope these help take your mind off the economy!
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October 3, 2008
This Week’s Biobites: artificial noses, amazing science images, and more!
Lucy Q. reporting from her sick bed couch where she is thoroughly investigating all the best links for you… as well as her TiVo’ed episode of Gossip Girl.
PS – Think you know what the picture at right is? I bet you’re wrong!
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September 19, 2008
This Week’s BioBites: KoalaMatch.com, armed fungus, and more
Though grad students are great procrastinators, we still have a finite amount of free time and science is moving pretty quickly these days. Consequently, we come across a whole lot of interesting stories during the week that we don’t have time to write about on our blog. So from now on we’ll be [...]
