I often use Sundays to browse the net and see if Stumbleupon can actually successfully guess my interests. While most of the time it is off-target by a huge margin, today I stumbled upon a story that really peaked my interest. Several months ago, scientists at Japan’s Riken Institute published a paper in Nature Neuroscience [...]
The video below was captured from a live 2-day workshop on 2D electrophoresis and sample prep. In this clip you will learn the ideal ways to disrupt your cells in preparation for the IEF run. Tweet This Post
Some compounds found in grapes help to protect skin cells from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, according to a study by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the CSIC (Spanish National Research Council). The study supports the use of grapes or grape derivatives in sun protection products. Ultraviolet (UV) rays emitted by the sun are [...]
I have often been skeptical of the relevance of claims by PCR and supermix companies that their products are capable of detecting DNA or RNA from a single cell. Although it is technically possible to amplify a signal from as little as a single DNA molecule, I reasoned that the background noise level associated with [...]
Cancer patients may view their tumors as parasites taking over their bodies, but this is more than a metaphor for German born Peter Duesberg, a molecular and cell biology professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Duesberg, who is also known for his controversial AIDs theory , (he claims that AIDS is caused by the [...]
