Category Archives: Proteomics

Back to the future: bone proteins discovered in 100 million year old fossil

By jyaron | Published: May 2, 2011
Exciting research published this week in PloS ONE suggests that biomolecular structures may persist in fossils far more abundantly and steadily as previously thought. Before this publication, two options were thought to exist for specifically identifying biomolecular structures: (1) you can find it in large bones buried in fluvial sandstone; or (2) you’re S.O.L. All [...]
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RNA Interference Technology Will Improve Pharmaceutical Production

By jyaron | Published: November 22, 2009
RNA interference, or RNAi, has become a novel and useful tool for silencing gene expression in both cells and organisms as well as in developing therapies for diseases. A new study out of Taiwan has recently been published outlining how RNAi technology can be used to vastly increase the quantity and quality of recombinant protein [...]
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4 Services Offering Genetic Art

By jyaron | Published: September 6, 2009
Genetic analysis is becoming more widespread and less expensive every day. There are a few companies out now that are taking advantage of this and offering its customers unique, personal, and completely biologically sound art based on their genetic code. DNA 11 DNA 11 is easily the most popular and successful of the various services [...]
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5 Great Online Tools for Biologists

By jyaron | Published: August 9, 2009
Biology (and its related fields) are less and less frequently sciences that must only be studied in the field. There are a great number of resources online that can aid biologists and researchers in expanding the productivity of their research. Here are 5 great online tools for biologists and researchers. 1. BLAST Database The NCBI [...]
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