Musings and Ramblings of a Biotechnologist.
The Prostate The prostate is a walnut sized gland located between the penis and bladder. The main function of the prostate is to produce some of the fluid that nourishes and protects the sperm in the semen. Male Reproductive System Diagram (WebMD) Cancer is where the cells in your body loose control of their growth and identity, producing […]
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When most people think of bacteria, they usually think of free floating cells, completely independent of each other. Most researchers until recently thought the same, however that’s not how most bacteria live outside the comforts of a microbiology laboratory! Lick your teeth, can you feel that weird layer? That’s plaque, you have heard of that from your dentist and […]
Continue reading »Anyone following Myles Powers YT channel is sure to at least be aware of March Against Monsantos anti GMO stance. Now that’s all I thought they were against, until I checked their webpage, and I came across this article. Turns out they are anti vaccines as well. They refer to CDC “whistleblower”, Dr. William Thompson. The conspiracy was about […]
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So for GM March, I thought I’d make a GM blog that’s not about GM crops. Insulin is a very important hormone produced by specialised cells located in patches in the pancreas known as the Islets of Langerhands. People who either can no longer produce it (Type 1 diabetes) or do not respond well to it (Type 2 diabetes) […]
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Hello all, a bit late for this I know, but I thought I would write a blog about the Zika virus. If you have been coma the last few months, let me first catch you up on whats been going on. The Zika has been on the news recently due to the outbreak in certain areas of the South American […]
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This blog is a response to the video linked below. There have been several videos like this, making the more or less the same claims. I’ll deal with the video myth by myth. Myth 1- GMOs do not increase intrinsic yield No one is saying that intrinsic yield is increased by genetic modification, as this is NOT the […]
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Well, two posts in one day? Must be a new record! I found this blog on beachvetbc, and in a section she tries to show how recobinant insulin production from a transformed e.coli culture is not like plant GMO. I just have a few points that I’d like to share Every bottle is labeled as recombinant DNA (rDNA)….No one is sneaking […]
Continue reading »I’m not going to beat around the bush here, I am very annoyed writing this blog. As I have stated in prior blogs, that science communicator Dr. Kevin Folta has been at the receiving end of anti GMO activist attacks. Unfortunately it has gotten to the stage where he has had to suspend his podcast Talking Biotech. The behavior of […]
Continue reading »Have you noticed, one of the cherished anti science campaign lines is that their “truth” is being silenced at the hand of a powerful “them”, while they seem to ignore real attempts of censorship of those who criticise them and promote real science? Or course, you may be familiar with Myles Powers troubles with the HIV dissenters, or denialists which […]
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Recently I happened upon this article on Natural News (http://www.naturalnews.com/041408_colloidal_silver_antibiotics_alternative_medicine.html) about how the FDA is covering up how colloidal silver could cure infectious diseases. I thought it would make a nice short blog to end my productive week of scienceing! What is colloidal silver- colloidal silver is a suspension of silver particles in water. Usually touted as a typical […]
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