Dec. 26th, 2008

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Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home - Yahoo! News

The article title says it all. One of the groups, DIYbio out of Cambridge, Mass. is even setting up a community lab with bargain-basement equipment to attempt anything from new vaccines to new lifeforms. Many of them have minimal formal training in the biological sciences, like San Francisco's Meredith Patterson, a computer programmer, who genetically altered yoghurt bacteria to glow green in the presence of melamine using less than $1000 worth of equipment, most of which she built herself.

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Invention: Vision amplifier - tech - 22 December 2008 - New Scientist

A University of Colorado researcher has applied for a patent on a potentially new ways to improve the vision of people with retinal damage. He proposes injecting quantum dots coated with a bioactive material into the retina. The dots fluoresce when struck by light, effectively amplifying the optical signal so that it can be more easily detected by retinal cells. So far, the method has only been tested on rats who can't say whether or not their vision has been improved, but did show greater electrical activity after the injection. The method also has the benefit of requiring no power source.

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Christmas day was a feast prepared by ms_danson for myself and Corradus: Lamb, steamed mixed string beans, oven-baked sweet potato fries, cornbread stuff with cranberry, served with her special punch.

This evening I whipped together grilled tuna steak, sauted crimini mushrooms with a ginger-honey glaze, steamed broccoli and a smoked guda  cheese sauce, served with an Austrlian Shiraz.

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