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How catching a cold led to a Nobel Prize discovery

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 08-20-2012

Yesterday marked the 13th anniversary of the passing of one of the 20th century’s most influential chemists, Linus Pauling. Pauling is the recipient of two Nobel Prizes and attributes one of his most important discoveries to radical thinking done while trying to overcome a nasty cold. Checkout his personal account in the video below.

Attention Young Scientists: The World Needs You-Badly

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 07-30-2012

In Cancer, Context is Critical

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 07-18-2012

DO YOUR PROTEINS HAVE THEIR OWN SOCIAL NETWORK?

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 07-09-2012

Diseases are the result of underlying system interactions NOT simply physical underpinnings. Watch the following talk from Northeastern University Professor Albert-László Barabási to learn how mapping cellular protein reactions can help us discover how diseases work.

How the genomics revolution has rendered science obsolete

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 06-04-2012