It is amazing how good genetic sequencing is getting these days and reasonable enough to get 30x whole genome sequence that enables detailed analysis for a variety of conditions. The costs are so low that it is now possible for almost everyone to do it and also analyze the data.
One provider with a catchy domain name – http://sequencing.com has been offering sequencing and analysis. Worth checking out…
Sometimes it is hard to imagine how many molecules are involved in a common biological pathway but there are thousands of molecules that orchestrate their chemical reactions to sustain life. One such area is the synaptic gap where messages are passed between neurons. This is a very active space where vesicle with messengers cross the…
There is lot of information on BPA on wikipedia that talks about its use in plastics especially polycarbonates that are used in water bottle manufacturing. Polycarbonate bottles are transparent and can contain 90% BPA by mass It is not a plasticizer. The concern for its use comes from its effect as a weak xenoestrogen disrupting…
See the link below for a disease that has affected about 100 people in the US since 1960. It is contracted by swimming in a few lakes which have sediment that can stir up amoeba. This amoeba called Naegleria Fowlerie and can infect the neurons through the nasal cavity. Eating their way through neurons from…
Relaxin is a 6kd 2 chain peptide hormone produced by ovary and placenta in females tha help remodel connective tissue but also promotes vasodilation and has cardioprotective and renoprotective effects in animal model via Nitric oxide pathway. Relaxin-2 signaling via GPCR RXFP1 has been investigated as a drug for its antifibrotic and vasodilatory actions. RXFP1…
Targets for cancer therapy initially were very specific cell division targets. Nowadays, the targets have become very cancer specific, for e.g. targeting the BCR-ABL to target Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. However, a scientist in Australia has come up with a target that is very unlikely – tropomyosin. Tropomyosin is a protein that along with actin is…
Face recognition technology has come a long way. The technology now enables the specific association of the face with a name and thus confirmed identification. The technology of recognition is very complex and requires not only significant image processing of the face to identify features of interest but also then matching the features with those…
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