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The Dinosaur Extinction Event in a Nutshell! Chicxulub crater (Vblog #8)
What killed the cute and fluffy dinosaurs? Find out in todays science video blog! Dinosaurs are still alive, they are among us! But how can dinosaurs still alive... when they were killed by an asteroid 66 million years ago? Well, turns out that is not that simple. While schoolbooks are happy about the awesome asteroid hit the earth and killed everything story, scientists are not. In the scientific community there is still a debate going on, what actually killed the dinosaurs. The asteroid impact in mexico did take place for sure. We find tektites In drilling cores across the world, which are caused by molten stone pieces upon the asteroid impact [tektites picture] (Schulte et al. 2010). Asteroids have carry lots of Iridium, which is not found on earth in high abundances. A pike in iridium concentration and a lack of dinosaur fossils afterwards marks the end of the dinosaurs (Cretaceous period) and the start of a new geologic period the Tertiary. This could be the end of the story, asteroid hits the earth, dinosaurs die out. Subscribe! However some scientists claim that the dinosaurs did survive for another 300.000 years after the Chicxulub meteor impact (Keller et al. 2007). Also other phenomena like increased volcanic activity or a sudden drop in global temperature at the end of the Cretaceous period were proposed (Archibald et al. 2010, and other responses to Schulte et al. 2010). The debate seams to be quite heated, but a recent publication with a more exact dating of ...

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EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY OFFERS HOPE FOR YOUNGSTER

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - Jacob Rutt is a bright 11-year-old who likes to draw detailed maps in his spare time. But the budding geographer has a hard time with physical skills most children take for granted -- running and climbing trees are beyond him, and even walking can be difficult. He was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy known as Duchenne when he was two years old.

The disease affects about 1 in 3,500 newborns -- mostly boys -- worldwide. It usually becomes apparent in early childhood, as weakened skeletal muscles cause delays in milestones such as sitting and walking. Children usually become wheelchair-dependent during their teens. As heart muscle is increasingly affected, the disease becomes life threatening and many patients die from heart failure in their 20s.

Today, Jacob is one of 51 children participating in a nationwide clinical trial for a new type treatment that could offer help to those suffering from devastating neuromuscular disease. Clinical researchers at UC Davis Medical Center and a handful other research centers around the nation are testing a high-tech drug designed to fix the underlying genetic defect causing the progressive muscular decline that is seen in children with Duchenne.

"This type of genetic therapy is the most exciting treatment approach I have witnessed in my career for Duchenne muscular dystrophy," said Craig McDonald, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation at UC Davis, as well as principal investigator of the national clinical trial that Jacob is participating in. "We are hopeful that it will delay many of the disease's manifestations and ultimately improve life expectancy for patients."

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by genetic mutations in the gene for the muscle protein dystrophin. The protein is a stabilizer that protects muscle fibers; without enough functional dystrophin, muscles become damaged, causing them to weaken and deteriorate over time.

Functioning a bit like a bridge over a dangerous chasm, the experimental drug - known as drisapersen - is designed to effectively cover over the specific genetic mutation, allowing the problem area to be skipped and causing cells to produce a slightly shorter - but functional - dystrophin protein.

Because Duchenne muscular dystrophy is rare and the drug addresses only a small subset of the genetic variants responsible for the disease, recruiting qualified patients was not easy. Of the medical centers involved in the study, UC Davis, with its highly regarded neuromuscular disease and physical medicine and rehabilitation expertise, enrolled the largest group of patients in the nation. For more than a year, its eight young participants, including Jacob, have been to Sacramento from as far away as Colorado, Utah and Arizona. For each participant, the clinical trial involved weekly injections, which meant Jacob had to fly from Southern California to the UC Davis clinic every Friday for 24 weeks.

"I've never seen such a complicated study in terms of logistics," said Erica Goude, who serves as the research coordinator at the UC Davis site. "We're collaborating closely with departments of pediatrics, cardiology, radiology and several others, and their outstanding commitment to the project has made our tasks much easier and more efficient. This study is an amazing team effort that I see frequently reflected in the smiles of our patients and their families."

The study also entails extensive physical testing to monitor each participant's progress over time. To assess each child's physical abilities and progress, participants complete a six-minute walking test specifically designed and validated by a UC Davis team that included McDonald and Erik Henricson, a UC Davis muscular dystrophy researcher. The six-minute test is now used worldwide in all ambulatory clinical trials for Duchenne. Investigators also measure muscle strength and the level of dystrophin in the participants' muscles - the latter results obtained through muscle biopsies at several times during study. Of particular interest to the research teams are the residual effects of the drug several weeks after the injection series is completed.

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Injectable anabolic steroids are drugs. Yes, they are legal, but only when they are prescribed by a physician. It is standard medical practice for the physician to meet with the patient and make a determination that the use of an anabolic steroid is justified before prescribing it.

But wait a minute - aren’t anabolic steroids readily available by mail order and even over the Internet?  Well, yes, but that doesn’t make it legal - it just means that the authorities haven’t caught up with the sellers (or the buyers!) yet.  A few states are beginning to crack down on the illegal sales of anabolic steroids in the most egregious cases, but frankly they seem to be swimming against the tide.

Case in point; in 2007 prosecutors from Albany County in the state of New York, backed by federal authorities and officials in Florida, charged six doctors in Florida with writing prescriptions for controlled substances to patients they had never met.  It isn’t clear whether the doctors lost their licenses as a result.  And just this month, according to a story in the New York Times, the Florida pharmacy linked to the doctors pled guilty to the illegal online sale of steroids and paid a fine of $100,000.

A fine of $100,000 doesn’t sound like much, especially since a guilty plea allowed the former owners of the pharmacy to avoid criminal charges.   Perhaps this is why the sale of anabolic steroids over the Internet continues almost unabated.  There’s money to be made, the sellers rarely get caught, and even when they do the punishment seems fairly minor.Source:
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I DID it because it worked on my wifes cousin, and because of what I read about it, says Joe Concepcion of his stem-cell therapy. ALANAH TORRALBA

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Jose S. Concepcion Jr., at 81, still goes to the office daily, and, to his wifes chagrin, is quite restless and bullheaded, sour if he has nothing to keep himself busy.

He does crazy things! Like, if he gets hold of a book, hell bring it and photocopy everything, says Marivic Concepcion, who has been married for 56 years to the RFM Corp. chair, Namfrel (National Citizens Movement for Free Election) founder and former trade secretary. He needs a caregiver but he wont allow it. He could fall!

Her husband, however, insists he feels excellent. I feel so good when I wake up. I dont feel tired, says the activist known to many as Joecon.

Concepcion attributes this renewed strength and vigor to a procedure he had undergone not long ago, and of which he has been a vocal and unpaid advocate: stem-cell therapy.

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The tycoon received his treatment from a German doctor named Christoph Ganss, who comes to the Philippines every three or four months to speak about his company and the benefits of stem-cell banking, according to the Concepcions. Ganss is the founder of Ticeba (Tissue & Cell Banking), a tissue bank for stem cells and laboratory in Heidelberg.

The couple heard of Dr. Ganss from Ms Concepcions cousin who underwent the treatment in Germany.

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Dept. of Genetic Engineering Biotechnology, University of Chittagong
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David Pearce - Hedonic Zero - Interview at San Francisco
David Pearce is a British utilitarian philosopher. He believes and promotes the idea that there exists a strong ethical imperative for humans to work towards the abolition of suffering in all sentient life. His book-length internet manifesto The Hedonistic Imperative outlines how technologies such as genetic engineering, nanotechnology, pharmacology, and neurosurgery could potentially converge to eliminate all forms of unpleasant experience among human and non-human animals, replacing suffering with gradients of well-being, a project he refers to as "paradise engineering". A transhumanist and a vegan, Pearce believes that we (or our future posthuman descendants) have a responsibility not only to avoid cruelty to animals within human society but also to alleviate the suffering of animals in the wild. Pearce is the owner of BLTC Research, a website that was set-up by Pearce in 1995. Based in Kemptown, Brighton, UK, the site publishes online texts in support of the biochemical and biotechnological methods by which its proponents believe sentient suffering could be abolished in future generations. In 1998, Pearce co-founded the World Transhumanist Association (WTA) with Nick Bostrom, an Oxford philosopher. The association, which later changed its name to Humanity+, advocates transhumanism mdash; an ideology and movement which has emerged to support the recognition and protection of the right of citizens either to maintain or modify their own minds and bodies so as to guarantee ...

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In Motion Broadcast VI - Synthetic Biology [Part 1]
This Video is Part 1 of 2 In Motion Broadcast Part 2 - youtu.be We present and explore the science and ethics of creating new forms of life. Synthetic Biology -- This broad redefinition and expansion of biotechnology, holds the ultimate goals of being able to design and build engineered biological systems, which could produce energy, food, or to maintain and enhance human health or the environment. Episode VI features genetic engineer Dr. Drew Endy and microbiologist Andrew Hessel, the author of #39;Forbidden Gates #39;, Thomas Horn and more -- as we prepare for humankind to take over the responsibilities of Creation. Featured Sources Fidelity Investments: Thinking Big with Synthetic Biology Published on Apr 27, 2012 In this presentation, Fidelity analyst Robert Chan gives an broad introduction to synthetic biology. -- "Goats are making silk stronger than steel, and we see opportunity". Bride8 Synthetic Biology Explained Uploaded on Aug 9, 2011 Written by James Hutson, this source is used as the Intro to Episode VI and throughout -- to explain and support the views of other included sources. Dr. Andrew David Endy Interview by Dr. Quinn Norton Community Radio Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Dr. Endy speaks about the many facets of synthetic biology- the inheritor of genetic engineering. archive.org Thomas Horn interview with #39;Hildi #39; First Hour of One Cell One Light with Dr. Hildegarde Staninger Interview -- 12/14/11, Author Thomas Horn brings to light ...

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Two big advisory groups have updated their stance on genetic testing and screening of children for the first time in more than a decade this week. The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the American Academy of Pediatrics released a joint policy statement in the journal Pediatrics and a scientific paper backing up their recommendations in Genetics in Medicine.

The new advice hinges less on the potential harms of genetic information to the psyches of kids and their parents than the groups' earlier positions, and encourages testing that is in children's best interest.

For those looking to avoid slogging through the whole document, Scientific American has a "Cliff's Notes" version at its guest blog.

Among the specific advice the new statement puts forward is a distinction between predictive testing for diseases that affect kids while they are still kids, and testing for diseases that only affect people once they are adults.

The new guide gives the thumbs up to genetic tests for children who have no symptoms but who are at risk for childhood-onset diseases, recommending that ideally children give their consent to the testing as well.

According to Ricki Lewis, writing at Sciam, the new recommendations have also softened toward the possibility that testing for adult-onset diseases like Huntington's might be beneficial for some children, but they still tow the more traditional line recommending that families defer genetic testing for late-onset conditions until adulthood.

The advice of the two groups also gives a sharp "no" to direct-to-consumer genetic testing of children, but says that newborn screening tests should be offered to every family.

Our sister publication GenomeWeb Daily News has more on these recommendations here.

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In Motion Broadcast VI - Synthetic Biology [Part 2]
This Video is Part 2 of 2 In Motion Broadcast Part 1 - youtu.be We present and explore the science and ethics of creating new forms of life. Synthetic Biology -- This broad redefinition and expansion of biotechnology, holds the ultimate goals of being able to design and build engineered biological systems, which could produce energy, food, or to maintain and enhance human health or the environment. Episode VI features genetic engineer Dr. Drew Endy and microbiologist Andrew Hessel, the author of #39;Forbidden Gates #39;, Thomas Horn and more -- as we prepare for humankind to take over the responsibilities of Creation. Featured Sources Fidelity Investments: Thinking Big with Synthetic Biology Published on Apr 27, 2012 In this presentation, Fidelity analyst Robert Chan gives an broad introduction to synthetic biology. -- "Goats are making silk stronger than steel, and we see opportunity". Bride8 Synthetic Biology Explained Uploaded on Aug 9, 2011 Written by James Hutson, this source is used as the Intro to Episode VI and throughout -- to explain and support the views of other included sources. Dr. Andrew David Endy Interview by Dr. Quinn Norton Community Radio Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Dr. Endy speaks about the many facets of synthetic biology- the inheritor of genetic engineering. archive.org Thomas Horn interview with #39;Hildi #39; First Hour of One Cell One Light with Dr. Hildegarde Staninger Interview -- 12/14/11, Author Thomas Horn brings to light ...

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Professor Philip Mitchell Lectures on the Genetics of Bipolar Disorder
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Sydney Cancer Genetics explains the Breast Cancer Pathology Report
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When and how to refer patients to cancer genetic services
Sydney Cancer Genetics is a specialised medical service supporting individuals and families concerned about cancer. This video describes what hereditary cancer services and genetic oncologists do. It provides practical examples of which patients should be referred. Our services include: assessment of familial risk genetic testing cancer prevention information cancer risk management family planning support

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Foods That Make You Grow Taller - Get Answer Here
Foods That Make You Grow Taller - by growtaller4idiotsreview.me What foods that make you grow taller? Genetics plays the most important role in determining a person #39;s final height, according to the Nemours Foundation. But diet is important when it comes to normal growth. Children who eat a nutritious diet, including a variety of foods from each of the food groups, will be more likely to reach their full growth potential. Genetics plays the most important role in determining a person #39;s final height, according to the Nemours Foundation. But diet is important when it comes to normal growth. Children who eat a nutritious diet, including a variety of foods from each of the food groups, will be more likely to reach their full growth potential. Genetics plays the most important role in determining a person #39;s final height, according to the Nemours Foundation. But diet is important when it comes to normal growth. Children who eat a nutritious diet, including a variety of foods from each of the food groups, will be more likely to reach their full growth potential. Foods That Make You Grow Taller - by growtaller4idiotsreview.me Search Terms: foods that make you grow taller foods that make you grow taller faster list of foods that make you grow taller are there foods that make you grow taller healthy foods that make you grow taller top 10 foods that make you grow taller natural foods that make you grow taller

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Why I Am No Longer a Creationist, Part 4: Genetics - You #39;re a Primate -AtheistCoffee
atheistcoffee #39;s Channel: http://www.youtube.com Original Upload: http://www.youtube.com The Atheist Hub is a channel dedicated to helping undersubscribed atheist channels. Please browse our videos at your leisure for a lush variety of material. Although ratings and comments are allowed, we encourage you to click on the link above and comment and rate the original video. atheistcoffee will be much more likely to read and respond to your comments this way. Video responses are not allowed. Instead we encourage you to submit your video responses on the original upload. Please subscribe to atheistcoffee if you like this video. Thank you! -ivyman123 Original Description: Once we figured out how to decode the genome, we were able to test and prove all of our theories about evolution. It gave us a concrete way to examine exactly how evolution works and what effect it has upon the genetic code of an organism. There is no room left for denying evolution, as it has been verified through the most amazing and accurate means possible. The genetic evidence for evolution was the single most convincing aspect of the theory when I started really studying it. Sure any other area alone - the fossils, comparative anatomy, hominid fossils, the debunking of biblical myths, and the lies of the creationist leaders themselves were enough... but when I learned what had been discovered in the forefront of genetics in the last few years - I was absolutely floored. I mean, there it is! You can see it for yourself ...

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