#genetics research

[meganstudiesbiochem]

« April 21, 2021 » Lab days are my favorite, even when everything seems to go wrong. Tomorrow morning I get to teach my second lesson to my 3rd grade partner classroom, and I’m excited to see the kids again. There’s only 2 more week of class and then finals the week after, and then I’ll be finished with my first year of college!

[intelligentliving]

Humans May Soon Be Able To Turn Invisible With Squid Superpowers

Squid are incredible creatures, with abilities we humans think of as ‘superpowers.’ When you picture a superhero, you might imagine them to have healing or invisible powers, well, squids have both. Previously, scientists from Massachusetts found squid could potentially cure human disease with their gene-editing skills. Now, researchers from the...

[meganstudiesbiochem]

February 9, 2021

It’s been a while since I’ve actually posted, so here’s a mini update featuring biochemistry notes and my cat.

I’m in my fourth(!) semester of undergrad! It’s crazy to think that I’m already almost halfway done!

Current classes: Foundations of Biochemistry, Statistics (for bioscience majors), Intro Sociology, and World Literature

I’m still continuing my research project on a stress response gene in the nematode C. elegans. There were so many issues that I ran into last semester, but thankfully my professor was able to do some troubleshooting, so I should be getting back on track soon. Starting this semester, I am also working as a peer mentor to the new students joining the lab. I’m super excited to teach them CRISPR and how to work in the lab and stuff!!

[meganstudiesbiochem]

« March 23, 2021 » There is something so satisfying about annotating DNA sequences. My CRISPR design strategy for my gene was approved this afternoon, so I’m super excited to be able to get started on making my very own glow worm!!

*Zoomester Studyblr Challenge*

Day 22- What’s your comfort food/ comfort routine for sad days?

I would have to say macaroni or any type of soup, especially homemade. They’re such comforting and warming foods in general I think.

Day 23- What’s some random miscellaneous piece of information that you just happen to know?

The “ruby” slippers in The Wizard of Oz are actually written as silver in the book, but they made them red for the film so they would be seen better. Also they used chocolate syrup for the Tin Man’s oil

[zarahealthline]

DNA Damaging Metabolic Byproducts And Aging

Espanol DNA Damaging Metabolic Byproducts And Aging 2 days, 12 hours ago 670 0Posted on Apr 11, 2024, 5 p.m. Aldehydes are organic byproduct compounds produced as part of metabolic processes, recent research published in Nature Cell Biology from Nagoya University describes discovering the connections between these byproducts and rapid aging. Their findings may open paths to potential treatment…

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[medicalnewsbulletin]

Gene therapy for hearing loss

A research group investigated the use of gene therapy for treating inherited hearing loss, with promising results in a mouse model.

[hypnotized-so-mesmerized]

Does anyone how to analyze a manhattan plot? Its for my research paper (its more a summary of another paper cause that’s what the professor wanted) and im struggling with the plot 

[fem-fatalist]

The scenario many of us learned in school is that two X chromosomes make someone female, and an X and a Y chromosome make someone male. These are simplistic ways of thinking about what is scientifically very complex.

This is an uneasy way to think about bodies in a social world where sex is still defined in binary terms. Legal frameworks rely on being able to classify someone as male or female, and social status is often determined by the sex on a birth certificate. Parents and doctors of intersex infants face thorny ethical questions about potential surgeries, therapies, and how to raise the child. The implications of better understanding and socially recognizing DSDs are huge.

As our understanding of biology continues to advance, our social, legal, and medical systems will have to evolve as well. Check out the Nature feature for a discussion of these problems, as well as more interesting research into the biology of sex.

that latter paragraph is what I’m very interested in: seeing how we adapt to this information and change the systems we’ve long taken for granted. 

People resist this change, but it’s not only necessary from a logistical standpoint, it’s a moral imperative.