Back to work: Day One May 30, 2007
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Well, Its back to work, with my fun and cheerful colleagues.
But well, it wasnt as good in the beginning, as I overslept the stop and it was raining heavily.
Then I was given a huge variety of Bacteria Culture Medium, to prepare, luckily was saved by Steven and Annie, who told me it wasn’t urgent.
Well, from the looks of it not many people knows I’m going off at 8 June to return to my studies. Heh, my disappearance will most likely not be affecting their current lives much, but if it has given them a better memory or experience to remember, I’ll be glad.
Releases May 29, 2007
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Here are some notable, or at least notable to me, releases in music and japanese animation (Anime) and manga.
Music
“endscape” single by UVERworld – May 30
Anime
None for now.
Manga
Bleach Chapter 276 titled “Blookin’ Beast”(translation thanks to Ju-Ni) from SHONEN JUMP Magazine Japan.
Back to Work May 29, 2007
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Looks like my work leave for the 6 days long seminar is finally over…
Finally…I can sleep eat dream live normally.
But come to think of it, I still find doing stuff easier than sitting there and listen to seminars whole day. Its not saying that those speakers are bad, but they are abit too long winded and is super over delivering info that my head hurts.
But well, back to work, got to screen my transformed cells for the correct inserts.
Talk more later, very busy after my work schedule is affected by the 6 day leave.
Bone Marrow Stem Cells Mimic Cancer but Do Not Initiate It May 28, 2007
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My first Biotech News Post.
I picked one that I found recently.
So here it goes.
“Researchers found that bone marrow stem cells attracted to the site of a cancerous growth frequently take on the outward appearance of the malignant cells but don’t actually seed cancer.
If there are bone marrow cells in malignant tissue grown in the laboratory for experiments, “these cells may actually contaminate our cancer studies and could make a difference as to whether or not investigational drugs we’re testing work or don’t work,” notes Chris Cogle, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Florida’s (UF) College of Medicine Program in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. “The significance of this is new treatments may work in the culture dish but may not translate to the clinic or the hospital room.”
In their study, UF scientists evaluated women who underwent bone marrow transplantation. Two of them subsequently developed colonic adenomas, four got skin cancer, and one developed lung cancer. Each patient received infusions of bone marrow cells from a brother or an unrelated male donor. That enabled the physicians to track the transplanted cells by screening for the Y male chromosome.
They found that the cancers were mostly of female origin, but the malignant tissue often contained small areas of male marrow cells.
The investigators then studied mice who underwent bone marrow transplant and developed the same cancers as the women. When they viewed the cancerous tissues under the microscope, they found marrow cells shared outward features of the cancer cells.
“Our results indicate these cells act as developmental mimics; they come in and look like the surrounding neoplastic tissue but they aren’t actually the seed of cancer,” explains Dr. Cogle. “At the worst, these cells could help support cancerous tissue by providing it with growth factors or proteins that help the cancer grow and survive. At the very least, these marrow cells are just being tricked into coming into the cancerous environment and then made to walk and talk like they don’t usually do.”
The results are published online in Stem Cells.”
Taken from “http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=17955644&source=genwire”.
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My First Post May 28, 2007
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Well, it means what it says, this is my first post on the blog.
Well I have no idea what to write but well, I think I’ll just talk what is this blog.
This is a place where I post stuff from Stuff related to Biotechnology, and any miscellaneous stuff about my life.
Well, today’s is the last second day of the World Internet Mega Summit, quite happy to get it over with and to concentrate on my Final Report Assignment.
