PolITiGenomics

Archive for September, 2008

No one defies artificial life

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

There is interesting story in Wired about an alternative approach to creating artificial life, Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life. While some are trying to create ... Read more..

Genome technology wizard

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

There is a story in the Washington University newspaper, the Record, about Dr. Elaine Mardis entitled Genome technology wizard. The story talks about Dr. Mardis' beginnings in science and one ... Read more..

A clean fight

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

One thing that has always distinguished the Republicans from the Democrats is their ability to close ranks and toe the party line. In years past, they have reliably put ... Read more..

Candidate stances on technology issues

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in IT, politics | No Comments »

Here is some more information on each candidate's stance on technology issues, what's new is Gov. Palin's stances derived from her record. You can review the stances of Sen. ... Read more..

CSI: Phoenix

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Researchers at TGen have developed a technique to identify trace amounts of an individual's DNA in a mixture of, for example, blood. While this is good news for forensic investigators, ... Read more..

Junk DNA

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

DNA that does not encode genes or is not in known regulatory regions has long been called "junk DNA". This junk DNA makes up over 90% of the human genome. ... Read more..

When the future tense is past

Friday, September 5th, 2008 Posted in politics | 2 Comments »

After watching the two major party conventions this last two weeks, it seems Americans have a choice between two parties that both have a tenuous relationship with the present. The ... Read more..

The Cancer Genome Atlas

Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network has published its first paper, Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways. This paper reports several novel mutations in brain cancer ... Read more..

Candidates on science

Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in genomics, politics | No Comments »

Scientists and Engineers for America have posted Sen. Obama's responses to questions they sent him regarding his stance on a variety of science-related issues. Sen. McCain has not responded, but ... Read more..

(S)he said, (s)he said

Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

People in politics should realize that everything they say is recorded. Remember all the things the pundits and Republicans said before Gov. Palin was selected as Sen. McCain's VP pick? ... Read more..