When is an arm really a leg?
Flipping the X-ray showed Stefan Mundlos, MD, that his hunch was right — the patient’s arms were peculiar and stiff because the elbows were actually knees. What Mundlos was looking at was the result of a rare and mysterious condition known as Liebenberg Syndrome. As his research now reveals, the disorder, in which major body…
If you read only one book about the future of biology, this should be it
Just a few decades ago, genetics was still largely theoretical, understood in principle but not practical – like flying cars or space lasers. Not anymore. Today teams of high-school students modify organisms for the iGEM competition; a library of over 20,000 biological parts made of DNA sequences (promoters, translators, ends, spacers, vectors, receivers, measurement) are…
Can Viagra Make You A Better Athlete?
The idea that Viagra helps out athletes has been around for years now, but is there a scientific consensus on it? Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall caused a great engorgement in the wit of the sports commentariat when he admitted that he’s “heard (of) guys using like Viagra, seriously” to gain a competitive edge on…