August 2012 - Posts

Do You Know a Kid Interested in Cells?
August 28, 2012 9:04 AM by Valerie Newitt

Some students developed their geek muscles – and I use the term with affection and admiration – early on. For me, it was all about horses and dinosaurs. I read everything I could get my hands on, but there was never enough. The kid down the street – Leenie Read More...

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Drug-Resistant Bug Navigates NIH Hospital
August 24, 2012 11:12 AM by Kelly Bocich

When the National Institutes of Health's elite hospital struggles to track and contain a hospital-acquired superbug, it should serve as a reminder to all facilities that extra caution is always warranted when it comes to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Read More...

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International Teams Compete to Interpret Three Families' Genomes
August 21, 2012 8:39 AM by Valerie Newitt

Forgive my lapse into high school-speak, but this is waaaaaaay cool. A news release from Boston's Children's Hospital explained that the hospital is leading a contest to interpret the DNA sequences of three children with rare conditions whose cause remain Read More...

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Conference Brings Genetics Straight to Consumers
August 14, 2012 8:14 AM by Valerie Newitt

Too often medical consumers overlook laboratorians when considering who their care providers are. It's the same old story - out of sight, out of mind. So it struck me as a forward-thinking concept when I read about an upcoming Consumer Genetics Conference Read More...

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Going for Gold
August 10, 2012 10:48 AM by Kelly Bocich

Like many people, I've been watching a lot of television the last two weeks, soaking in as many Olympic events as I can. I always get a little emotional watching the Games. The athletes competing there have worked so hard to get to where they are-we are Read More...

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Labspeak: Specialized Vocabulary for the Lab
August 7, 2012 9:23 AM by Valerie Newitt

I saw a list of made-up words on a website for writers, and I have to admit that I liked them. Their meaning was "absitively" clear and they were just plain fun to say. For example: Separsize: separate and organize Dreadoric: dreaded and rhetoric Amazulous: Read More...

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