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Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fraud

A biologist walks into a sushi bar and orders some tuna. What does he get? Escolar, a nasty fish with buttery flesh that can cause bizarre episodes of diarrhea, accompanied by a waxy intestinal discharge. It’s not a joke. It happened five times to the ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Columbia University,  American Museum of Natural History

Top 10 Cyborg Videos

With each passing year, the boundary between man and machine gets slimmer. Bionic ears have become commonplace, motorized prosthetics allow wounded soldiers to care for themselves, and electronic eyes are just over the horizon. Neuroscientists have ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  15 Nov 2009

Gadgets and Ideas to Revolutionize Healthcare

Here are some of the highlights. Craig Venter said he has spent the last twenty years digitizing biology. Now, the genomics pioneer is doing something with all of that data. His lab has been transplanting entire genomes from one microorganism to ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: J. Craig Venter

Doctors Kill Parasitic Worms By Poisoning the Bacteria in Their Innards

In some African villages, nearly everyone is infected with Mansonella perstans, a parasitic worm that’s remarkably hard to kill. It’s resistant to standard anti-worm medications, but researchers have learned that an old antibiotic can vanquish the tiny ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: National Institutes of Health,  New England Journal of Medicine

Puppets Teach Lab Safety for Young Chem Students

After years of suffering through dull lab safety videos, a group of Berkeley students have made a film that could spare a younger generation from watching humorless people with 80’s hair explain the dangers of wearing open-toed shoes while working with ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  23 Oct 2009

Nobel Prize for the Chemistry of Protein Production

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to three molecular biologists who study ribosomes, the protein factories within cells. Ribosomes were discovered in the 1950’s by George Palade, who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  7 Oct 2009

Nobel-Winning Protein Causes Immortality, Cancer

This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine went to a trio of scientists who discovered the enzyme telomerase, which allows cells to divide without any limits, making them effectively immortal. But if they used that trick on you, it would surely end your life. ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  5 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Carol W Greider,  Elizabeth H Blackburn

An Electrifying Tour of the Taser Factory

Reports of minivan moms and mouthy grandmothers getting jolts from the devices still make headlines. And occasionally, people die within hours of being incapacitated. Such was the case with Robert Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant who died after getting ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  10 Sep 2009
Related Topics: WIRED Magazine

Pollution From Yard Runoff May Be Worse Than Thought

WASHINGTON, DC - What happens on your lawn should stay on your lawn. Scientists have found that runoff from residential yards is filled with far more pollutants than theoretical models would predict, even more than in some agricultural areas. Loren Oki, ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  24 Aug 2009
Related Topics: WIRED Magazine

Ask Strangers for Medical Advice

Some people just can’t get rid of their acne, or chronic pain, or psoriasis, no matter what treatment their doctor recommends. Now, just like looking for a hotel recommendation, they can turn to strangers with the same ailments for advice at an online ...

From AARON ROWE, Wired,  20 Aug 2009

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