Friday, July 29, 2005

Anti-cancer peptides from an oceanic cyanobacterial symbiont

A cool story on a PNAS paper showing that the potential anti-cancer peptides previously isolated from the sea squirt Prochloron didemni are acutally genetically encoded by a resident symbiont cyanobacterium. Yay for biologicals!


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PUG-ALICIOUS

That's what I'm talkin 'bout...
http://www.ownedbypugs.com/pugMugs/


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Thursday, July 28, 2005

Science trading cards


Tony's collectable rookie card:


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IA updates

Sweet jesus there are some IA updates.
www.informationaddiction.com


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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

VSV-Based Vaccine for SARS

Rose's group describes a recombinant VSV for SARS vaccination in this virology paper.


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Tuesday, July 26, 2005

On cement (or is that concrete?)

In case you were looking out the window at the ongoing construction wondering, "So what is concrete anyway?" Brought to you by the good old Cement Association of Canada.


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Monday, July 25, 2005

Interview with the hacker

Fellow bayman pointed out a BBC interview with Gary McKinnon, a supposed hacker who's getting prosecuted for mucking around on numerous US government systems. Free energy from extraterrestrial technology...hmmmm...


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