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This is by far one of the funniest scientific-genre videos on the web. You simply must watch.
One of my favourite lines from the video is when he explains that hundreds of pounds of beard hair sample is kept at -80C “not for preservation…just because I don’t like the smell!” What’s your favourite part?
In a paper recently published in BMC Medical Genomics, scientists from Sandra L Rodriguez-Zas’ lab at the University of Illinois have identified a cohort of biomarkers that help predict survivability of patients who are afflicted with the aggressive malignant Glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor. The study also found that survivability varies between different genetic profiles and that factors such as race, gender and therapy may have a significant impact upon the survival and quality of life of individuals afflicted by glioblastoma multiforme.
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Now that we’ve finished our series on Proteomics Application Tips, it’s time to reward ourselves with a captivating talk by Professor Danny Hillis on Understanding Cancer Through Proteomics. Yes…he’s preaching to the choir, but it’s still fun to see our cause promoted on the “big screen.” Enjoy!
worm sperm magnified 5,000x
“This is not some horrible sci-fi movie come true but, instead, normal cells carrying out their daily duties,” said Florida State University cell biologist Tom Roberts. For 35 years he has studied the mechanical and molecular means by which amorphous single cells purposefully propel themselves throughout the body in amoeboid-like fashion ––absent muscles, bones or brains.
Over the next decade, the population of cancer survivors over 65 years of age will increase by approximately 42 percent.
“We can expect a dramatic increase in the number of older adults who are diagnosed with or carry a history of cancer,” said Julia Rowland, Ph.D., director of the Office of Cancer Survivorship in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). “Cancer is largely a disease of aging, so we’re seeing yet another effect of the baby boom generation and we need to prepare for this increase.”
