Monthly Archives: February 2017
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February 10, 2017Posted: February 10, 2017Read MoreMicrobiologists are a very opinionated group of individuals, and it is, at times, difficult to get consensus and standardization on certain procedures. Whether to heat fix or methanol fix slides in preparation for Gram staining is one of those controversial procedures.
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February 10, 2017Posted: February 10, 2017Read MoreSince 1947, when the first drive-through restaurant was opened by Sheldon “Red” Chaney in Springfield, Missouri[1], the term “fast food” has become a staple of the American vocabulary. McDonalds, Burger King, White Castle, In & Out, and Taco Bell: all of these have become so monolithically important to everyday life, that many can recite the menus by heart...
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February 06, 2017Posted: February 06, 2017Read MoreDid You Know You Are Autophagic? And that's a good thing, since it slows down aging and prevents degenerative diseases.For illuminating the weird cellular phenomenon of "self-eating," Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Called autophagy - from the Greek words "auto" and "phagein," meaning...
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