Monthly Archives:: August 2012

Vitamin B12 deficiency: Tracing the causes

Posted by & filed under Health Sciences.

Vitamin B12 is vital. Medical researchers have succeeded in decoding a novel cause of hereditary vitamin B12 deficiency. They have discovered an important gene that determines how vitamin B12 gets into cells. Their discovery enables the diagnosis and treatment of this rare genetic disease.

Top 10 Reasons for Taking Chemistry

Posted by & filed under Chemistry, eSTEM, News.

  1. You can pronounce “phenolphthalein” correctly.
  2. If your parents ground you, you can dissolve their car.
  3. The “mole” is your friend.
  4. The world does not need any more lawyers (or accountants).
  5. Terrorists respect you because they think you know how to blow things up.
  6. You don’t have to mess with dead things like in Biology.
  7. Goggles.
  8. You don’t have to get all sweaty like in P.E..
  9. Rutherford did it.
  10. “Hi.  I’m a Chemist’ is a great pick-up line.

Simplifying genetic codes to look back in time

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Researchers show simpler versions of the universal genetic code can still function in protein synthesis. In addition to understanding early primordial organisms, the research could lead to applications preventing non-natural genetically modified materials from entering the natural world.
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