Sunday, March 19, 2017

Why I won't be participating in the March for Science

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The Freedom of Speech painting by Norman Rockwell . Via wikimedia commons . Let me start off by saying that as a scientist, I firmly be...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

What exactly is fake news

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I recently added the following infographic to my page, but lost the write up I had crafted to explain the terms fully. Luckily  Mommy, PhD ...
Monday, January 2, 2017

What are isogenic lines and why should they be used to study GE traits?

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There has been quite a lot of talk about the latest paper from Seralini's group that claims that there are substantial  metabolome diff...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

What has Andy Wakefield done for science?

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With the resurgence of Andy Wakefield through his "documentary" Vaxxed, his prior work has come back into focus. It's clear th...
Saturday, December 3, 2016

Genetic modification of Influenza A virus reveal a novel vaccine production strategy

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Researchers have developed a new type of vaccine. By genetically modifying the genome of Influenza A virus to require a non-standard amin...
Friday, December 2, 2016

Poinsettias and pathogens

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Poinsettias are a very interesting plant. Originally, this plant grows as either a small shrub or a tree in its native range (Mexico...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Does Zika damage the testicles? Maybe

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A lab mouse. Picture via Pixabay A new study is causing quite the stir. Researchers used a mouse-adapted African strain of Zika to exa...