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Trekking Through the World of Biotech
{created 11 October 2002}
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Biotech::Trekker Trekking Through the World of Biotech {created 11 October 2002} |
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Years, Not Decades
I ain't a biologist, but I agree with George Church.
"I don't think people have fully appreciated how quickly adult
stem cells and sequencing and synthetic biology have progressed.
They have progressed by orders of magnitude since we got
[induced pluripotent stem cells]..." -- George Church
Blogs.DiscoverMagazine.com::"Years, Not Decades" to Growing New, Improved Tissue From Your Own Stem Cells [05 October 2012, top] |
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Raymond DuBois To Lead the ASU Biodesign Institute
Excellent news for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University.
"Raymond DuBois, an internationally renowned physician-scientist
whose research has advanced the understanding of the molecular
basis for the prevention of colon cancer, has been named executive
director of Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute."
ASUnews.ASU.edu::ASU appoints DuBois executive director of Biodesign Institute [27 September 2012, top] |
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Incremental Biotechnology an Oxymoron
I agree.
"To my mind, arguing for incrementalism in any trend relating to
medicine at the present time is choosing to go against the tide.
The biotechnologies that underpin advances in medicine are going
through a period of massive, revolutionary change." -- David Kekich
[Longevity News Digest "Aging will be Cured Overnight" on 9/25/2012
And David Kekich is correct to remind us that "biology is quickly morphing into information technology." FightingAging.org::Aging will be Cured Overnight [26 September 2012, top] |
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Remembering Francis Crick
Francis Crick died on 28 July 2004.
"By the 1960s, thanks largely to the work of Francis Crick
and his circle of friends, the molecular basis of inheritance
was worked out." -- David Eagleman
"The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry." -- Francis Crick in 1966 Eagleman.com::Remembering a trail blazer - Francis Crick [28 July 2012, top] |
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Can Stem Cells Help Restore Human Memory?
My Facebook status update on 25 July 2012. This press release headline is eight days old: "StemCells, Inc. Announces Its Human Neural Stem Cells Restore Memory in Models of Alzheimer's Disease" ... I know it's only models, but that's right now here in 02012. <note>StemCells Inc.'s stem cells are proprietary. I don't know what this means, but... </note> My Google+ posting on 24 July 2012. Press release from one week ago today on 7/17/02012: "StemCells, Inc. Announces Its Human Neural Stem Cells Restore Memory in Models of Alzheimer's Disease" Investor.StemCellsInc.com::StemCells, Inc. Announces Its Human Neural Stem Cells Restore Memory in Models of Alzheimer's Disease [25 July 2012, top] |
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Turning Cells Into Drug Factories
"I want to turn your own cells into drug factories," Matthew Scholz says. Matthew Scholz predicts...
"Within 50 years, we will program human cells like we program
computers. Envision a stand-alone device capable of modifying
a patient's cells to manufacture biologic-based therapies for
a wide range of disease including cardiovascular disease, cancers,
infectious diseases, and lysosomal storage diseases."
Xconomy.com::Seattle::A Computer Guy's Dream, Immusoft, Turns Cells Into Drug Factories [05 July 2012, top] |
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Amazon.com's Cloud Storing Lots of Genomic Data
I think books when I think Amazon.com, but right now Amazon.com's "cloud" is storing the "largest collection of human genetics available, 200 terabytes of genomic data." BizJournals.com::Amazon places human genetic information on cloud [30 March 2012, top] |
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AzBiotech.net Hits 9
The AzBiotech.net domain name has been renewed for another year. AzBiotech.net was created on 3 April 2003 and it now expires on 3 April 2013. [30 March 2012, top] |
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Whole Lotta Sequencing Going On
On 22 March 2012, San Diego-based Illumina announced that "Macrogen, Inc., a global sequencing services company based in Korea, purchased an additional ten Illumina HiSeq 2000 systems and two MiSeq systems, as well as HiSeq 2500 upgrades." The press release contained the following quote by Professor Jeong-Sun Seo, Chairman of Macrogen.
"Our vision is to improve quality of life by enhancing understanding
of the human genome, and to be a global leader in providing genome
sequencing services, towards the ultimate goal of personalized medicine."
Hashtags: #Genomics #Sequencing #PersonaliedMedicine Illumina.com::Macrogen, Inc. Increases Investment in Illumina.s Next-Generation Sequencing Technology [22 March 2012, top] |
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Engineered Mice Lead To Sophisticated Rodents?
StemCells Inc. issued a press release that contained the following phrase from a company named genOway: "As the leader in the development of sophisticated and highly predictable genetically modified rodents..." Sophisticated rodents? StemCellsInc.com::StemCells, Inc. Grants genOway Exclusive License to Gene Insertion Technology for Genetically Engineered Mice [20 March 2012, top] |
100 Broken Genes Per Human?
@nanofoo received this tweet from
@LiveScience.
LiveScience.com::Humans Have About 100 Broken Genes Each [02 March 2012, top] |
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Genetic Engineering Animation By a 9th Grader
I think this honors project deserves an A+. {IEET.org::Genetic Engineering Animation} [25 February 2012, top] |
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Hello Dolly On 22 February 1997
I tweeted this on 2/22/2012... #bioscience #cloning #HelloDolly 15 years ago today (2/22). http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/02/0222dolly-sheep-clone-born/ [22 February 2012, top] |
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Age of Genomics: Genomes In a Day
Yesterday (02012.01.10) was quite a day for genomic stocks. Illumina (ILMN) previous close was $31.82. It opened down at $29.57 and fell to an intra-day low of $28.72, then it climbed to an intra-day high of $33.84 before closing at $33.01. Volume was almost 13 million compared to a trailing-3-month average of 2.8 million. The news? Life Technologies Corp. and Illumina Inc. unveiled rival genetic-sequencing machines that both say can map a person’s genome in a single day. Life Technologies is not a GDT::Portfolio stocks, but Illumina is. Illumina.com::Illumina Introduces the HiSeq 2500 Forbes.com::Biotech Firms Battle Over Same Day Genomes [11 January 2012, top] |
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Stem Cell Fraud: A 60 Minutes Investigation
On 8 January 2012, "60 Minutes" had a report on stem cells, but I did not watch it. On 9 January 2012, I saw the following headline on Finance.Yahoo.com: "Stem Cell Therapy From Aastrom Biosciences and Cytori Therapeutics Looks to Gain Ground in 2012". After reading the Finance.Yahoo.com posting, I watched CBSnews.com::Stem Cell Fraud: A 60 Minutes investigation}
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About the Biotech Trekker
The Biotech Trekker was started during October of 2002 and it entered 2012 with 409 postings. There are going to be a lot of postings about personalized medicine, genomics, smart drugs, stem cells and cloning over the span of this year. Biotech Trekker Archives: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003-02 [01 January 2012, top] |
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Creator: Gerald Thurman
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