The main theme of this year’s Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting should come as no surprise to regular readers: sequencing. Generating as many bases of DNA sequence as quickly, cheaply and accurately as possible is the goal of the moment, and the number of companies jostling to achieve that goal is growing rapidly.

The [...]

Bilateral globus pallidus hyperintensity is characterstic of CO poisoning. In this case this was an obscure case clinically and diagnosis of suspected retrospectively after MRI was done.
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Source: Lifespan / Rhode Island HospitalDate: February 26, 2010
Summary:
Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have discovered how cells communicate with each other during times of cellular injury. The findings shed new light on how the body repairs itself when organs become diseased, through small particles known as microvesicles, and offer hope for tissue regeneration. The paper [...]

Stephen Turner from Pacific Biosciences gave a dramatic presentation this afternoon launching PacBio’s new third-generation sequencing instrument. The room was packed for the seminar, with a palpable buzz, and Turner’s presentation was preceded by a theatrical introduction from PacBio CEO Hugh Martin. 

The crescendo of Turner’s presentation was the unveiling of a video showing the new [...]

Click here to listen to my appearance on a segment on the Kansas smoking ban on WIBW radio’s (Topeka) “On the Other Hand” with Raubin and Megan. You have to scroll down to “Friday’s Show 2nd Hour.”

ANR Also Encouraging Anti-Smoking Groups to Disseminate Alarmist Claims About Dangers of Thirdhand Smoke
ANR is Claiming That Nicotine Was Previously Not Thought to Be Toxic
In a communication sent to smoke-free advocates across the country, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANR) cites the recent study on thirdhand smoke as evidence of the health hazards of secondhand exposure [...]

Student guest post by Shylo Wardyn
I recently read the book ‘Good Germs, Bad Germs’ by Jessica Snyder Sachs. I became intrigued by parts of her book that discussed how babies become colonized with bacteria during birth. The most interesting part was the differences between vaginally-delivered and Caesarean-delivered babies. It was not something [...]

Source: University of California – Los AngelesDate: February 25, 2010
UCLA AIDS Institute researchers successfully removed CCR5 — a cell receptor to which HIV-1 binds for infection but which the human body does not need — from human cells. Individuals who naturally lack the CCR5 receptor have been found to be essentially resistant to HIV. [...]

A year ago we wrote about a death of a San Jose teenager from poisoning by hydrogen sulfide gas, or H2S. At the time, I had hypothesized that the death might have been from an attempt at synthesizing methamphetamine gone awry.
But while one can mistakenly generate hydrogen sulfide gas from improper meth synthesis, I [...]

According to an article in the Spartan Daily, the wellness and health promotion coordinator at San Jose State University is claiming that electronic cigarettes are more hazardous than actual cigarettes.
According to the article: “Electronic cigarettes may be more harmful and life threatening for those who choose to smoke them compared to an actual pack of [...]