All science, whether biology or physics, whether microscopic or at the solar system level, is about experiments. Sometimes we as a society forget that. In fact, experiments are at the heart of investigations as diverse as studying cells to exploring space to medical treatments. For NASA, the last week has been a tale of two […]
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Give prostate cancer the finger! Gotta love those pants even if you hate the exam. Cheers to John Daly for having the guts to wear such amazing pants to draw attention to prostate cancer. Prostate exams are no fun to put it mildly, but they help in early detection of this very common disease that
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UPDATE: A new website here in depth on Paul Ryan’s views and votes on stem cells. The Romney:Ryan ticket is nothing but potential trouble for American science and patients. Should they win, they pose a serious threat to American science funding as well as for Medicare. Instilling great confidence in his own competence, Romney totally
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Irish (Gaelic) Cad iad gaschealla? Tá an corp déanta suas de na céadta cineál ceall atá tábhachtach d’ár sláinte laethúil. Tá na cealla seo freagrach as ár gcorpanna a choinneáil ag dul lá i ndiaidh lae lena n-áirítear preabadh ár gcroíthe, smaoineamh ár n-inchinn, glanadh ár bhfola, cealla craicne nua a chur in áit na
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What would a Romney victory mean for MS patients? Not good news I believe. As we’ve sort of, kinda gotten to know the Romney’s as potential President and First Lady, we’ve all learned some interesting things about them. I, for one, do not feel as though I know them very well still. Like many Americans,
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I’ve been blogging about the darker side of science in a seven part series on what I call scientific sinning or the “seven sins of scientists”. You can see the first 5 posts here as a group, which have generated a ton of interest and many thousands of reads each. The first five posts are specifically
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I was walking my dog Elvis with my daughter Julie on Sunday and as we have in the past, we came across something very science-y. (note you might enjoy my Scientist in the Garden series.) At the dog park where Elvis likes to play and hunt for rodents in the nearby bushes, there were millions
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Cancer is often referred to as the “Big C”. It’s a powerful word with many implications. Another “Big C” word is “Cure”. I believe “Cure” is also a loaded word. I am a cancer survivor and cancer scientist. You can read more about my experience here. Recently I got some more good news on the
מהם תאי גזע? גוף האדם מורכב ממאות סוגי תאים שונים החשובים לתפקודו התקין של הגוף. תאים אלו דואגים שהלב יפעם באופן סדיר ותקין, המוח יוכל לבצע את פעולות החשיבה הסדירות, הכליה תטהר את הדם, תאי העור המתים יוחלפו בחדשים בקצב תקין וכו’. תפקידם של תאי הגזע ליצור את כל אותם תאים כלומר לייצר תאים חדשים.
We live in an ever increasing plasticized world. There are many good things about plastic, but then there are also some very bad things such as the giant whirpools of plastic fragments out in the oceans that are larger than Texas and also some of the chemicals in plastics are dangerous. One particular chemical villain
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