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I am curious: Genomics gets personal in Second Life [Discovering Biology in a Digital World]

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Are you curious about Second Life?
Next week you can satisfy your curiosity and learn about the personal genomics frontier at the same time.
Bertalan Meskó announced that Erin Davis (science writer) and Joyce Tung (human geneticist) from 23andMe will be giving a presentation next week in Second Life on personalized genetics.
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Round peg, square hole - why our bird flu drugs are a fluke [Not Exactly Rocket Science]

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

The world’s nations are stockpiling two drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, to counter the threat of a bird flu pandemic. These drugs work by blocking a key protein that allows the virus to spread. But two years ago, a study revealed the structure of this protein and in doing so, shown that both Tamiflu and […]

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