Drake · Acolyte
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Without knowing the specifics, I think I can take your word (for the sake of this discussion) for the part about destroying viruses with sound. At the risk of sounding stupid (my memory of physics is lacking): objects resonate based on their size (or the size of the things that make them up) and objects of similar…
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I'll try to work on the next part, so stick around and ask questions. First, I'll say that if it is possible to disrupt viral structure with sound then the most promising application that I see is for sanitisation of surfaces (lots of public health relevance). I don't think I know enough to be able to answer the question…
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I've been a little busy, so this shorter answer will have to do or I might not get around to keeping these threads alive. Viruses encode and produce structural proteins called caspids that are able to self-assemble into a regular or semi-regluar structure (icosahedrons) in order to make a shell for the viral genome and…
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Well, I think that a virology journal club would probably make the most sense. Viruses are simple (many have less genes than you can count on your fingers) and there will be a lot of opportunities to learn fundamentals of molecular biology (also chemistry of inhibitors and physics of viral capsid structure). Hopefully, we…
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First, over 3000 (this is the low estimate - I thought the high estimate might make poor little H5N1 feel inadequate) people die as a result of influenza per year in the US alone (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5933a1.htm). 500 total worldwide deaths due to one variant is not that scary. Second, this is an RNA…
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I looked up some more information on antiviral responses to HIV and found a recent paper about RIG-I (Retinoic acid-Inducible Gene 1) and HIV. Paper: RIG-I-Mediated Antiviral Signaling Is Inhibited in HIV-1 Infection by a Protease-Mediated Sequestration of RIG-I…
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I've been busy and don't have very much time to reply (I'll probably have more later this week), but I'll mention a few things. Gene therapy is great, but the FDA is still afraid of it. I think that permanently introducing these genes would only be useful in certain cases unless more levels of regulation are controlling…
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People often forget that the second law of thermodynamics only describes a closed system. When you are looking at the complexity of life on this planet, you cannot forget to take the massive amount of energy that the sun produces into account and include it in the system. Life uses thermodynamically favorable (increase…
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If you want to look up any of the references and can't access them try posting here: Scientific Paper Requests in Mad Scientists. You might also be interested in this: Gender Differences Between Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition
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I haven't read through it yet (the actual study), but the top five reasons are: Men - "I was attracted to the person" "It feels good" "I wanted to experience the physical pleasure" "It’s fun" "I wanted to show my affection to the person" Women - "I was attracted to the person" "I wanted to experience the physical pleasure"…
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Do you think that it is artificial? What you believe and what is reality is not necessarily the same thing. Gender roles are not the same in all cultures and homosexuality happens in nature. Nature doesn't have morals (don't try to personify it or impose your moral standards on it). Things are just the way they are and it…
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Neuroscience might be a good fit for you since it is the midpoint between biology and psychology. There are positions in research in all the different fields of psychology, but you will typically need to get a graduate degree. If you decide on neuroscience then you might have to take some biology prerequisite classes, but…
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If you have a list that long I don't think many people will take your recommendations with much weight, since whatever value they give your opinion will be spread thin over your list and they probably will not waste time looking up each movie to see if they are interesting. A list like that would fit better in a "Required…
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A quick search didn't give any recent results from either of those journals. I'd like to try and help, but I am not going to spend very much time trying to find papers that match peoples interests. If, as you are researching sources (many of which are free after a certain amount of time or as is required by their grants),…
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Principles of Chemical Science (MIT OpenCourseWare) A great resource for learning something new or reviewing something you used to know: OpenCourseWare Consortium
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I think you are right, but if someone only has a little experience and even less knowledge it can help them pick an OS that they can fully switch to or start with.
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For mycologia, give me specific articles. I'll try to find "Detection of psilocybin in species of Psilocybe, Panaeolus and Psathyrella," but it is pretty old so don't hold your breath. Rapidshare links: http://rapidshare.com/files/405710305/Identification_of_members_of_the_genera_Panaeolus_and_Psilocybe_by_a_DNA_test.pdf…
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A great resource to use is Open Wet Ware: Western Blot ; Northern Blot I only deal with RNA as much as I have to (I usually do a RT-PCR as soon as possible) and only have experience detecting it through PCR. Here is a western blot protocol that I have lying around (I can help explain and troubleshoot any problems you have…
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What Women Want? Are you sure?
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“Love at first sight” is bullshit. Your life isn't a perfect fairytale. If you try to start a relationship with unrealistic expectations like that, you will either ruin it by putting too much pressure on the girl or you will blind yourself to reality. If you choose to delude yourself, you can only hope that she isn't the…
