Powerful gene-editing tool appears to cause off-target mutations in human cells Published: Monday, June 24, 2013 – 08:33 in Biology & Nature In the past year a group of synthetic proteins called CRISPR-Cas RNA-guided nucleases (RGNs) have generated great excitement in the scientific commu[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Science’
May 12th, 2013 - 8:47 am § in Religion
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: God says: let the feathers speak
Let Me respond to one who doubts My word: According to Ken Ham, “As Christians, we need to have a mental security system where an alarm goes off when aspects of this anti-God religion are presented. Here’s what should happen when you hear or read the following:” “Millions of years”[...]
May 1st, 2013 - 9:33 am § in The Ave Scene
UPCOMING EVENT: Stephen Meyer Shows Why Darwin Was Wrong
For those not in the know, Steve Meyers is Seattle’s Discovery Institute’s leader in the effort to show that Darwin and Bio9logy are wrong. Dr. Meyers, with a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science from Cambridge, is a founder the Institute’s Center for Science & Cultur[...]
March 27th, 2013 - 4:16 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
UW fails to make list of top 25 places to do research
This list from The Scientist is not credible. We could start with the odd idea that science is biology and national chauvinism. The accompanying article begins with a paen to the failure of the National Institutes of Health budget to keep up with inflation and utterly misses the huge impact of[...]
March 21st, 2013 - 9:12 am § in Politics
LIberal Hype:Republicans are not the only folks who can not accept science.
Republicans are not the only folks who can not accept science. Liberals are obsessed with he ides that uranium is a bad word. Uranium is a natural part of our environments … as are many other metals, including lead. In the case of uranium, a small part of uranium includes unstable isotope[...]
January 24th, 2013 - 4:47 am § in Uncategorized
Global Warming Goes South
Study shows rapid warming on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet[...]
January 15th, 2013 - 12:28 am § in Uncategorized
Sceince: End of the Flu?
Universal Flu Vaccines Charge Ahead By Sabrina Richards Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Genes can NOT be patented!
“We merely hold that genes and the information they encode are not patent-eligible … simply because they have been isolated from the surrounding genetic material,” … Clarence Thomas This morning the Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented! The decision, [...]