Archive for the ‘PopSci’ Category

Traces of a distant past : Scientific American

Friday, December 7th, 2012

http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v299/n1/full/scientificamerican0708-56.html Gary Stix

It Started With ‘Genome’ – ‘Omes’ Proliferate in Science – NYTimes.com

Sunday, November 11th, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/science/it-started-with-genome-omes-proliferate-in-science.html

Wrens teach their eggs to sing : Nature News & Comment

Thursday, November 8th, 2012

http://www.nature.com/news/wrens-teach-their-eggs-to-sing-1.11779

FOOD DETECTIVES – Chemical & Engineering News Archive (ACS Publications)

Sunday, November 4th, 2012

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cen-v088n014.p036

lots of GC & nmr on things like wine

Eating Without Fear: Treatments For Food Allergies | October 22, 2012 Issue – Vol. 90 Issue 43 | Chemical & Engineering News

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012

http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i43/Eating-Without-Fear-Treatments-Food.html increasing small amounts of exposure, xolair the anti-IgE antibody + small molecules jam the IgE hinge

Also,
“Detecting Food Allergens”
http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i43/Detecting-Food-Allergens.html via ELISA, DNA seq. & mass spec

Michael Specter: Exploring the Human Microbiome : New Yorker

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012

– Very much argues the dirt is good case
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/22/121022fa_fact_specter

Constipation – National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/constipation

1000 Genomes Project moves researchers closer to personalized medicine | Fox News

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/11/01/1000-genomes-project-moves-researchers-closer-to-personalized-medicine/

The 1000 Genomes Project more than doubles catalog of human genetic variation, October 31, 2012 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2012/nhgri-31.htm

Genomes project publishes inventory of human genetic variation | Science | guardian.co.uk

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/oct/31/genomes-project-inventory-human-genetic-variation