VLP Tech Means Big Money: Takeda to Acquire LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

On: October 7, 2012

This little press release caught my eye this afternoon—as I sit home slogging through a second bout of gastroenteritis in a few months. Both Derek and a close friend mentioned that a neighboring town closed their schools a few weeks ago due to an outbreak of Norovirus, which may orContinue Reading

Scientists claim to have created oocytes from skin cells

By: Sharon

On: October 6, 2012

In: Genetics, Molecular Babylon Series

By SHARON K. GILBERT An oocyte is the fancy name for an immature egg cell, produced in a female’s ovary. Up until now, oocytes had to be harvested from an ovary for in vitro fertilization (IVF), but that may soon become passe. If a report published at Science Magazine is accurate,Continue Reading

DNA Sequencing: Is Science Fiction Becoming Medical Fact? | Forbes

By: Sharon

On: October 5, 2012

In: Genetics, Molecular Babylon Series

With the implementation of Obamacare, a challenge went out to researchers to devise the $100 genetic profiling kit. This less expensive method is, of course, meant to cut costs to taxpayers, who ultimately bear the burden for public healthcare, but such a cost-cutting kit might also provide doctors with anContinue Reading

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