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Naughty or nice? The Moral Molecule 10 Jan 2013 | 01:29 am
I recently enjoyed a truly mind-blowing talk at the New York Academy of Sciences. The Neuroeconomist (yes, he studied Economy and is founding director of Claremont´s Center for Neuroeceonomic Studies)...
Brain size and intelligence- why a human is smarter than a mouse 13 Nov 2012 | 11:23 pm
Your brain is a complex, highly organized organ. Each mammalian brain is made of approximately 10-15 billion nerve cells, called neurons. And each brain is built of thousands of different types of neu...
DNA Barcoding Exposes Deregulation of Herbal Supplements 13 Oct 2012 | 01:54 am
There is an increasing need for more Americans to improve their health and lifestyle. One growing trend that I see in my hometown of New York City is the building of local farms on rooftops and the in...
Twilight’s Edward and Bella – Romance or Rabies? A scientific view on vampires 28 Sep 2012 | 06:32 pm
Today, September 28th, is world rabies day! Rabies is an animal borne viral disease that kills nearly 100 percent of its victims once the infection reaches the brain. But have you ever wondered how th...
Decoding ‘Mad snake disease’ 29 Aug 2012 | 12:58 am
Have you ever seen a sick boa constrictor? All of a sudden they start shedding, develop head tremors and secondary infections, twisting up into knots and wasting away. These poor animals may have ...
Jumping Down the Road to Cancer. 28 Aug 2012 | 08:21 pm
Lying dormant in our genomes are millions of jumping genes. Originally discovered by Barbara McClintock, transposons are DNA sequences that can move from one location to another in our DNA. Transposon...
The flavor of extinction in a bowl of soup 27 Aug 2012 | 10:23 pm
The most expensive bowl of soup I have ever had in my life was a $15 bowl of ramen in the NYC restaurant Ippudo. And this was no ordinary “ramen” you would eat at home as a cash-strapped college stude...
Can a moisturizer treat cancer? 18 Aug 2012 | 05:30 am
How often do you moisturize your skin? Every day? Once a month? Well researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago have given a moisturizer the ability to perform RNA interference and regulate gen...
Online Graduate Education in Biotechnology 7 Jul 2012 | 12:19 am
I recently blogged about harnessing the power of bioinformatics for cancer research. An interested reader, Linda Zabriske, commented that the blogosphere (and government organizations such as the Bure...
A novel approach for curing Alzheimer´s disease 24 Jun 2012 | 09:38 pm
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) steals memories and disrupts lives of 5.4 million Americans (according to Alzheimer’s Foundation statistics) and 26.6 million people worldwide . Mo reover AD is predicted t...
