Monday, November 23, 2015
Genome editing Knight SC, Xie L, Deng W, Guglielmi B, Witkowsky LB, Bosanac L, Zhang ET, El Beheiry M, Masson JB, Dahan M, Liu Z, Doudna JA, Tjian R. Dynamics of CRISPR-Cas9 genome interrogation in living cells. Science. 2015 Nov 13;350(6262):823-6. doi: 10.1126/science.aac6572. PubMed PMID: 26564855. Kiani S, Chavez A, Tuttle M, Hall RN, Chari […]
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Also tagged cornea, CRISPR-CAS, development, diseases, drug discovery, ebola, Genome editing, genome sequencing, genomics, mutations, photoreceptor, retina, retinal development, statistics, stem cells, zebrafish
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Population Genetics Balaresque P, Poulet N, Cussat-Blanc S, Gerard P, Quintana-Murci L, Heyer E, Jobling MA. Y-chromosome descent clusters and male differential reproductive success: young lineage expansions dominate Asian pastoral nomadic populations. Eur J Hum Genet. 2015 Jan 14. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.285. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25585703. Nature News: Genghis Khan’s genetic legacy has […]
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Also tagged 3d printing, development, evolution, funding, genetics, Genome editing, genomics, imaging, medicine, neuroscience, population genetics, prosthetics, retinal development
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Nature’s special on “Challenges in irreproducible research” Human Behaviour/Psychology Kramer AD, Guillory JE, Hancock JT. Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jun 17;111(24):8788-90. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1320040111. Epub 2014 Jun 2. PubMed PMID: 24889601. This is THE controversial experiment by facebook. News coverage: Facebook emotion study […]
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Also tagged CRISPR-CAS, eye disease, funding, Genome editing, genomics, human behaviour, irreproducible research, next-generation sequencing, psychology, retinal development, sequencing, stem cells, systems biology, TALEN
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Having a good science education is essential for all of us, because that trains one’s critical thinking; while asking a lot more students to join the field is a whole different issue. A number of factors comes into play for one to decide whether he would want to pursue this career, including one’s personality, dedication, […]