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class="blocks"> <h1 class="title archive-month">Archive for <span class="altText">March, 2012</span></h1> <div class="divider"></div>  <div id="post-4649" class="hentry post post-1 odd author-mlee category-dnabarcoding clear-block"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/30/be-careful-what-species-you-carry-on-your-feet/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Be careful what species you carry on your feet!">Be careful what species you carry on your feet!</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Mar 30th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block "> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/mlee/" title="Posts by Melissa Lee ">Melissa Lee</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/dnabarcoding/">DNA Barcoding</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/30/be-careful-what-species-you-carry-on-your-feet/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p>Have you ever considered that the one of the most diverse places on earth can be directly under your feet?</p> <p>When we walk, our shoes pick up various seen and unseen organisms. Many of us walking through a field or park may be stepping on and carrying seeds from various plants. Seeds blow in the wind and also creep into the crevices of our clothes and bags. As carriers, we then transport them to new areas, making each of us essentially a seed planter. At first glance this seems like a nice job description. However, the problem lies in the fact <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/30/be-careful-what-species-you-carry-on-your-feet/">More ></a></p> </div> </div>   <div id="post-4636" class="hentry post post-2 even alt author-cmarizzi category-g2conline post_tag-antibiotics post_tag-halperidol post_tag-minocycline post_tag-schizophrenia post_tag-treatment clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/26/a-new-superdrug-that-fights-pneumonia-pimples-and-schizophrenia-meet-minocycline/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Schizophrenia1-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail" alt="Schizophrenia1" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/26/a-new-superdrug-that-fights-pneumonia-pimples-and-schizophrenia-meet-minocycline/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: A new superdrug that fights pneumonia, pimples AND schizophrenia? Meet Minocycline.">A new superdrug that fights pneumonia, pimples AND schizophrenia? Meet Minocycline.</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Mar 26th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/cmarizzi/" title="Posts by Christine Marizzi ">Christine Marizzi</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/g2conline/">G2C Online</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/26/a-new-superdrug-that-fights-pneumonia-pimples-and-schizophrenia-meet-minocycline/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p>A cheap drug called Minocycline, which is normally prescribed for pneumonia and acne will be tested in a new trial to reduce the symptoms of psychosis in patients suffering from schizophrenia.</p> <p><a href="http://www.g2conline.org/#Schizophrenia">Schizophrenia</a> is a mental disorder <a href="http://www.g2conline.org/#Schizophrenia?aid=1291&cid=2">characterized</a> by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness. According to the WHO the disorder affects around 0.3–0.7% of people at some point in their life, or <a href="http://www.who.int/mental_health/management/schizophrenia/en/">24 million people worldwide as of 2011.</a> There is no general cure and the pharmacologic <a href="http://www.g2conline.org/#Schizophrenia?aid=846&cid=2">treatment</a> of schizophrenia leaves much to be desired.</p> <p>Now the National Institute for Health Research in the U.K. is funding a large research trial on <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/26/a-new-superdrug-that-fights-pneumonia-pimples-and-schizophrenia-meet-minocycline/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/antibiotics/" rel="tag" title="antibiotics (2 topics)">antibiotics</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/halperidol/" rel="tag" title="halperidol (1 topics)">halperidol</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/minocycline/" rel="tag" title="minocycline (1 topics)">minocycline</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/schizophrenia/" rel="tag" title="schizophrenia (8 topics)">schizophrenia</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/treatment/" rel="tag" title="treatment (10 topics)">treatment</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-4631" class="hentry post post-3 odd author-cutillo category-yourgenesyourhealth post_tag-cells post_tag-diabetes post_tag-gene post_tag-gene-therapy post_tag-genetic post_tag-genetic-disease post_tag-genetic-engineering post_tag-gut post_tag-immune-system post_tag-insulin post_tag-mutation post_tag-pancreas post_tag-stem-cells post_tag-treatment clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/21/guts-against-diabetes/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/digestion-100x100.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="digestion" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/21/guts-against-diabetes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Guts against Diabetes">Guts against Diabetes</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Mar 21st</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/cutillo/" title="Posts by Jennifer Galasso ">Jennifer Galasso</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/yourgenesyourhealth/">Your Genes, Your Health</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/21/guts-against-diabetes/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p>For a very long time I have been using Diabetes as an example of a disorder that is caused by a mutation in the insulin gene. This mutation would stop the cells from making insulin, and a diabetic might need daily insulin injections to regulate their sugar levels properly. I don’t know what took me so long to realize that this was completely wrong. That while some diabetics are insulin dependent, it is because their insulin-producing cells of the pancreas are being completely destroyed by the immune system. And while they still aren’t sure about why these cells are being <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/21/guts-against-diabetes/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/cells/" rel="tag" title="cells (2 topics)">cells</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/diabetes/" rel="tag" title="diabetes (3 topics)">diabetes</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/gene/" rel="tag" title="gene (11 topics)">gene</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/gene-therapy/" rel="tag" title="gene therapy (4 topics)">gene therapy</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/genetic/" rel="tag" title="genetic (3 topics)">genetic</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/genetic-disease/" rel="tag" title="genetic disease (7 topics)">genetic disease</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/genetic-engineering/" rel="tag" title="genetic engineering (2 topics)">genetic engineering</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/gut/" rel="tag" title="gut (1 topics)">gut</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/immune-system/" rel="tag" title="immune system (2 topics)">immune system</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/insulin/" rel="tag" title="insulin (2 topics)">insulin</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/mutation/" rel="tag" title="mutation (5 topics)">mutation</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/pancreas/" rel="tag" title="pancreas (1 topics)">pancreas</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/stem-cells/" rel="tag" title="stem cells (2 topics)">stem cells</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/treatment/" rel="tag" title="treatment (10 topics)">treatment</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-4627" class="hentry post post-4 even alt author-williams category-g2conline post_tag-brain-mind post_tag-ltp post_tag-memory clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/20/a-microtubule-model-for-memory/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Microtubules-100x100.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail" alt="Microtubules" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/20/a-microtubule-model-for-memory/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: A Microtubule Model for Memory">A Microtubule Model for Memory</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Mar 20th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/williams/" title="Posts by Jason Williams ">Jason Williams</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/g2conline/">G2C Online</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/20/a-microtubule-model-for-memory/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p>“Neurons that fire t<a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Microtubules.png"></a>ogether, wire together.” This adage is a helpful reminder to students who take a course on memory and the brain. This rhyme captures our understanding that neurons have a self-reinforcing capability that links them, and that this capacity has some relation with how memory in the brain works. It makes sense that if the same groups of neurons are involved in processing some stimulus, strong and stable connections rather than weak and transient would be preferable. We use similar optimizations when we place people on a speed-dial list, bookmark a website, or create a playlist of songs.</p> <p>In <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/20/a-microtubule-model-for-memory/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/brain-mind/" rel="tag" title="brain mind (1 topics)">brain mind</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/ltp/" rel="tag" title="LTP (1 topics)">LTP</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/memory/" rel="tag" title="memory (3 topics)">memory</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-4616" class="hentry post post-5 odd author-nisselle category-insidecancer post_tag-ampk post_tag-cancer post_tag-cell-signalling post_tag-cytokine post_tag-google post_tag-high-school post_tag-intel post_tag-kinase post_tag-science-fair post_tag-siemens post_tag-tgf-a clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/19/future-nobel-prize-winning-cancer-researchers/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/science-fair-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="A typical science fair" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/19/future-nobel-prize-winning-cancer-researchers/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Future Nobel Prize-winning cancer researchers?">Future Nobel Prize-winning cancer researchers?</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Mar 19th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/nisselle/" title="Posts by Amy Nisselle ">Amy Nisselle</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/insidecancer/">Inside Cancer</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/19/future-nobel-prize-winning-cancer-researchers/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p>What did you do for your science fair this year? Or last year? Or 20 years ago?</p> <p>Recently three high school students took out top honors in science fairs for their projects involving cancer research:</p> <ul> <li>Angela Zhang from California developed nanotechnology to destroy cancer stem cells and win the 2011 <a href="http://www.siemens-foundation.org/en/">Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology</a>;</li> <li>Shree Bose from Texas discovered a protein that could help prevent resistance to chemotherapy to take out first prize in the first International <a href="http://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/">Google Science Fair</a>; and</li> <li>Michigan native Nithin Tumma won the 2012 <a href="http://www.societyforscience.org/STS">Intel Science Talent Search</a> with his investigation of molecular pathways to compare breast cancer <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/19/future-nobel-prize-winning-cancer-researchers/">More ></a></li></ul> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/ampk/" rel="tag" title="AMPK (2 topics)">AMPK</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/cancer/" rel="tag" title="Cancer (25 topics)">Cancer</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/cell-signalling/" rel="tag" title="cell signalling (1 topics)">cell signalling</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/cytokine/" rel="tag" title="cytokine (1 topics)">cytokine</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/google/" rel="tag" title="Google (1 topics)">Google</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/high-school/" rel="tag" title="high school (1 topics)">high school</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/intel/" rel="tag" title="Intel (1 topics)">Intel</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/kinase/" rel="tag" title="kinase (2 topics)">kinase</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/science-fair/" rel="tag" title="science fair (1 topics)">science fair</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/siemens/" rel="tag" title="Siemens (1 topics)">Siemens</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/tgf-a/" rel="tag" title="TGF-A (1 topics)">TGF-A</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-4600" class="hentry post post-6 even alt author-nash category-insidecancer post_tag-cancer post_tag-diesel post_tag-epidemiology post_tag-lungs post_tag-pollution post_tag-risk clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/07/exhausting-our-lungs/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/yellowbus-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail" alt="yellowbus" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/07/exhausting-our-lungs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Exhausting Our Lungs">Exhausting Our Lungs</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Mar 7th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/nash/" title="Posts by Bruce Nash ">Bruce Nash</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/insidecancer/">Inside Cancer</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/07/exhausting-our-lungs/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/yellowbus.jpg"></a></p> <p>I have often wondered what impact the diesel fumes from yellow school buses might have on students. I know that I don’t like driving behind those buses because the fumes don’t smell good, so it seemed to me that there might be some health consequences. Others have wondered, too, and there is evidence that exhaust levels in buses can have health effects. However, it is hard to study this sort of thing, because finding people that are exposed to high levels of diesel in a controlled environment over long enough periods to measure the effects is challenging. Now, a study <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/07/exhausting-our-lungs/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/cancer/" rel="tag" title="Cancer (25 topics)">Cancer</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/diesel/" rel="tag" title="diesel (1 topics)">diesel</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/epidemiology/" rel="tag" title="epidemiology (1 topics)">epidemiology</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/lungs/" rel="tag" title="lungs (1 topics)">lungs</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/pollution/" rel="tag" title="pollution (1 topics)">pollution</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/risk/" rel="tag" title="risk (2 topics)">risk</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-4592" class="hentry post post-7 odd author-carrasco category-dnainteractive category-g2conline clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/05/just-a-cluck-away-from-e-coli/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chick2-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="1 day-old chick" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/05/just-a-cluck-away-from-e-coli/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Just a Cluck Away from E. coli">Just a Cluck Away from E. coli</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Mar 5th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/carrasco/" title="Posts by Elna Carrasco ">Elna Carrasco</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/dnainteractive/">DNA Interactive</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/05/just-a-cluck-away-from-e-coli/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chick.jpg"></a></p> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chick2.jpg"></a><p class="wp-caption-text">1 day-old chick</p> <p>When people hear the name <em>E. coli</em>, even a passing familiarity brings about reactions of disgust and fear of food poisoning. This outright hatred of the common bacteria is, perhaps, a bit unwarranted, considering there are many different types of <em>Escherichia coli</em>. Not only are there harmful strains, but there are also many that are harmless to humans and some that are even helpful as well. We actually have our own <em>E. coli</em> that live in our intestines, take some of our nutrients and make essential vitamin K2 for us, which we cannot make for ourselves. 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href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2010/04/29/dna-day-2010-what-me-worry-about-my-dna/#comment-8491"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d378d3a40a3590dd63b538282ae6b78a?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">Mohammed Khalfan: <span class="details"> Hi Traci, you should check this website out http://www.23andme.com/ - just might be what you're...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: IQ Tests as a Measure of Intelligence" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2011/09/28/iq-tests-as-a-measure-of-intelligence/#comment-5440"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6b23915f2fdd2da3dc5c657112de54a5?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">Sue: <span class="details"> I agree. IQ tests are overated. They are based on assumptions about the nature of intelligence,...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: Cancer Overtreatment. When the solution is worse than the problem." class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2011/12/13/cancer-overtreatment-when-the-solution-is-worse-than-the-problem/#comment-5439"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=32' class='avatar avatar-32 photo avatar-default' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">points of view: <span class="details"> On My Twitter Feed... Then I checked my personal feed and saw somebody posting the link to the...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: Tag…You’re It!" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/01/19/tag-youre-it/#comment-5359"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/52935aba909ed59a5789008268b14fdb?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">talha: <span class="details"> the wonders of science i wanna be performing this epigenetic tag therapy.</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: Merry Christmas to Hemophilia Patients" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2011/12/15/merry-christmas-to-hemophilia-patients/#comment-5358"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/52935aba909ed59a5789008268b14fdb?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">talha: <span class="details"> this is just a tip of an iceberg whats gonna happen more and more can only be expected from gene...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: DNA DAY 2010: What, me worry about my DNA?" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2010/04/29/dna-day-2010-what-me-worry-about-my-dna/#comment-4616"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fe0f32261332c54b99b24c06881c2573?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">Traci: <span class="details"> How would I go about getting my DNA tested? Being an adopted child, we have exhausted legal alleys...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: AIDS Cure UPDATE" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2011/10/15/aids-cure-update/#comment-1607"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/997a441b2802e625590c2adc4ea2545f?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">Heaven: <span class="details"> This is really amazing. This is just another step to curing some of the most devastating diseases...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: Compulsive Hoarding" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2011/11/10/compulsive-hoarding/#comment-1245"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/cf95176c58575d503b402764e9710135?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">Eileen @ Space Matters: <span class="details"> You've got some very interesting info here! Here's some places to go to get do some more...</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div></li><li class="block"><div class="block-twitter clear-block" id="instance-twitterwidget-3"><h3 class="title"><span>DNALC Twitter Feed</span></h3><div class="block-div"></div><div class="block-div-arrow"></div> <div class="twitter-content clear-block" id="twitterwidget-3"> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ // init jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery.ajax({ // load tweets trough ajax to avoid waiting for twitter's response type: "GET",url: "http://blogs.dnalc.org",data: { widget_id: '3', twituser: 'dnalc', twitcount: '4', get_twitter_data: 1 }, beforeSend: function() {jQuery("#twitterwidget-3 .loading").show("slow");}, complete: function() { jQuery("#twitterwidget-3 .loading").hide("fast");}, success: function(html){ jQuery("#twitterwidget-3").html(html); jQuery("#twitterwidget-3").show("slow"); } }); }); /* ]]> */ </script> <div class="loading">Loading tweets...</div> </div> <a class="followMe" href="http://www.twitter.com/dnalc"><span>Follow me on Twitter!</span></a> </div></li><li class="block"><div class="block-jetpack_subscription_widget clear-block" id="instance-blog_subscription-3"><h3 class="title"><span><label for="subscribe-field">Subscribe to Blog via Email</label></span></h3><div class="block-div"></div><div class="block-div-arrow"></div> <a name="subscribe-blog"></a> <form action="" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" id="subscribe-blog"> <p>Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.</p> <p><input type="text" name="email" style="width: 95%; padding: 1px 2px" value="Email Address" id="subscribe-field" onclick="if ( this.value == 'Email Address' ) { this.value = ''; }" onblur="if ( this.value == '' ) { this.value = 'Email Address'; }" /></p> <p> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="subscribe" /> <input type="hidden" name="source" value="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/03/" /> <input type="hidden" name="sub-type" value="widget" /> <input type="hidden" name="redirect_fragment" value="blog_subscription-3" /> <input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="13cabdf97c" /> <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" name="jetpack_subscriptions_widget" /> </p> </form> </div></li><li class="block"><div class="block-widget_meta clear-block" id="instance-meta-3"><h3 class="title"><span>Meta</span></h3><div class="block-div"></div><div class="block-div-arrow"></div> <ul> <li><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-login.php">Log in</a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/feed/" title="Syndicate this site using RSS 2.0">Entries <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/comments/feed/" title="The latest comments to all posts in RSS">Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress.org</a></li> </ul> </div></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>   <div id="footer"> <div class="page-content"> <div id="copyright"> © 2011, <a href="http://www.dnalc.org">DNA Learning Center</a>, <a href="http://www.cshl.edu">Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory</a>. 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