Showing posts with label biotechnology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biotechnology. Show all posts
Saturday, September 9, 2023

Stem Cell Collection

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In preparation for autologous blood stem cell transplant after 2024, I had my red blood stem cells harvested. The procedure was successful a...
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

ANDROMEDA, STRAINED

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I accidentally borrowed the 2008 remake of The Andromeda Strain from our city library. Long ago, a fter seeing the 1970 movie, I read the bo...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Cell Repair and Tissue Sales

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Back in the 1980s, the "cyberpunk" science fiction genre touted personal technologies in the early 21st century.  Here we ar...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Watson’s Double Helix: Doing Science and Writing About It

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The Double Helix (1968) is James D. Watson’s very personal account of how he and Francis Crick worked out the structure of DNA th...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

Epigenetics

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It is not surprising that we share 98.9% of our genome with chimpanzees.  It is challenging to consider that we have about the same number ...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Bob Swanson and Genentech

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Money is a culture medium for growing viable enterprises into self-sustaining engines of creation.  Bob Swanson was 29 when he provided...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Disruptive Diagnostics and the Business of Science

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Former UT professor Tom Kodadek returned to address the postdoctoral student association of the School of Biological Sciences on April 25...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

Biobash: Chamber Replicates Success

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Kyle Cox of Health 2.0 and Austin Health Technology was the featured speaker as about 50 Austin life science professionals gathered at The...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

BioBash Austin Winter 2012

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Dr. Matt Winkler Dr. Paul Lammers The Austin Chamber’s BioAustin Winter BioBash was held on November 28 at the Driskill Hotel.   Ab...