The Cell Adhesion-associated Protein Git2 Regulates Morphogenetic Movements during Zebrafish Embryonic Development

The Cell Adhesion-associated Protein Git2 Regulates Morphogenetic Movements during Zebrafish Embryonic Development

Jianxin A. Yu, Fiona C. Foley, Jeffrey D. Amack and Christopher E. Turner

Developmental Biology Article in Press, Accepted Manuscript doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.10.027

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Entre les deux y’a pas ‘dintermédiaire. Les gènes ne sont pas en mesure d’arrêter quoi que ce oit, ça tourne dans tous les sens d’une façon démentielle.

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Marathon battle, 2500 years later

A cre-reporter transgenic mouse expressing the far-red fluorescent protein katushka

A cre-reporter transgenic mouse expressing the far-red fluorescent protein katushka

Rodrigo Diéguez-Hurtado, Javier Martín, Inés Martínez-Corral, María Dolores Martínez, Diego Megías, David Olmeda, Sagrario Ortega

Genesis, doi: 10.1002/dvg.20685

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Serving Two Masters: Shariah Law and the Secular State by Stanley Fish

“To make the individual’s obligation to obey . . . a law contingent upon the law’s coincidence with his religious beliefs” would have the effect, Scalia explains, of “permitting him, by virtue of his beliefs, ‘to become a law unto himself.’” And if that were allowed, there would no longer be a single law — universally conceived and applied — but multiple laws each of which was tailored to the doctrines and commands of a particular faith. In order to have law in the strong sense, Scalia is saying, you can have only one. (“No man can serve two masters.”)

This is the second paragraph of Fish’s post, referring to a case of “ingestion of peyote at a Native American religious ceremony”

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A Do-It-Yourself Genomic Challenge to Myriad, the FDA and the Future of Genetic Tests

A Final Thought: Keeping Up With the Salzbergs. Even more fundamentally than its challenge to Myriad’s gene patents or to the FDA’s preparedness for a future in which whole-genome sequencing exists alongside do-it-yourself personalized medicine, the Salzberg Screen is a reminder of the Herculean task lawmakers, policymakers and regulators face in attempting to keep up with the pace of scientific and technological innovation in the fields of genomics and personalized medicine.

Whatever we think of Salzberg’s Screen and his aggressive challenge to the status quo of gene patents and federally regulated access to genetic testing, we must applaud the work that Salzberg and others do to continually push forward both the science and the application of genomics and personalized medicine. It’s doubtful that the Salzberg Screen will effectively undermine Myriad’s patents or cause the FDA to wholeheartedly embrace DIY genomics, at least in the short term. But by forcing all of us to think more concretely about such possibilities, Salzberg is spurring valuable discourse and forcing lawmakers, policymakers, regulators and businessmen to respond. We hope that the response, when it comes, will include a recognition that even if we cannot keep up with the Salzbergs—those bent on innovation, no matter how much it strains our current structures—we can do much more, now, to anticipate where they are leading us.

That’s Bio-Punk

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You can have Theological Catfight or religious muslim/christians joined actions (where peaceful muslims carry christians with them to the paradise). I’ll go with the catfight stuff rather.

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polydactyly

Via the Carnival of Evolution #29, a post of Bjørn Østman about the six digit cat lead me via the comments (and through Wikipedia; I would go through anything sometimes) to a page by Sarah Hartwell, explaining cats’ polydactyly and it’s genetic determinism.

This is a special post for a great cats observer, who is quite interested on polydactyly and closely observed his cat (as some of you may already know).

Bird Hunted To Near Extinction

How should I put it? Do Reflective Surfaces Fucking Bird (RSFB) will do?

old geeks

Aussi, pour les francophones