Whatzit?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

:D

Your interest in CRISPR was what?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

:D

Your interest in CRISPR was what?

All news to me (!) I found the on-going research resulting in scientists beginning to understand "repetitive DNA sequencing " to be marvelous and well worth my trying to understand .

Such research, as an approach to treating Sickle-cell Anemia, for example, ostensibly, touches the lives of students whom I have had the privilege of serving.

Plus, that whole CAS9 "programmable protein" cutting DNA, matching the invader's DNA, seems exciting progress . I'm trying to understand further.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

:D

Your interest in CRISPR was what?

All news to me (!) I found the on-going research resulting in scientists beginning to understand "repetitive DNA sequencing " to be marvelous and well worth my trying to understand .

Such research, as an approach to treating Sickle-cell Anemia, for example, ostensibly, touches the lives of students whom I have had the privilege of serving.

Plus, that whole CAS9 "programmable protein" cutting DNA, matching the invader's DNA, seems exciting progress . I'm trying to understand further.

It's a good way outside my range of molecular biology reach, but I do try (have to actually) to stay aware and up to date, and active - just published a little letter thing in Chem. Comm........ Got to read that nanodiamond manuscript on my reading stand today!

[webenda]

Your interest in CRISPR was what?

All news to me (!) I found the on-going research resulting in scientists beginning to understand "repetitive DNA sequencing " to be marvelous and well worth my trying to understand .

Such research, as an approach to treating Sickle-cell Anemia, for example, ostensibly, touches the lives of students whom I have had the privilege of serving.

Plus, that whole CAS9 "programmable protein" cutting DNA, matching the invader's DNA, seems exciting progress . I'm trying to understand further.

It's a good way outside my range of molecular biology reach, but I do try (have to actually) to stay aware and up to date, and active - just published a little letter thing in Chem. Comm........ Got to read that nanodiamond manuscript on my reading stand today!

Some of your articles in Chem. Comm... catch my eye. Like using radio active lead (Pb) to treat cancer patients (brachytherapy.)

"All decays of the 212Pb and 212Bi lead to α-emissions, either directly, or through their daughter, 212Po (t1/2 = 0.3 μs). The alpha decays of 212Bi and 212Po are the active ones destroying cancer cells over couple of hours."

Two hours and you are done? Sounds a lot better than external radiation that burns your skin and chemo therapy that makes you so sick you hair falls out.

[webenda]

Whatzit?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

If it didn't have that leaf and stem attendant to it, and green foliage near it, I'd have thought it was an extraterrestrial alien .

[chuck]

Strawberry-bush, euonymus americanus.

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=euam9

[webenda]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Chuck. I could not find it even with "Search Google for Image."

[chuck]

You're welcome. I searched for "seed pod with red berries" and switched to "image". Didn't pop to the top but it was on the first screen.

Found out what the bush on the side yard is while doing this. Common Buckthorn. It's coming down before the end of the year!

[rogruth]

I don't think I have ever seen that.
I assume it is not the strawberry we eat.

[chuck]

I assume it is not the strawberry we eat.

Not a chance. Allegedly the seeds look like a strawberry. Maybe a wild one?

I'm not so sure about a lot of peoples visual acuity. We have a "lively" discussion on "Nextdoor" about identifying a spider. It's clearly a wolf spider but we still get people saying it's a brown recluse of which the only point of commonality I can find is they both have eight legs. Another post was a "huntsman" which at least has slightly hairy legs. The brown recluse crew keeps hyping its "deadly" nature (no reports of any deaths from brown recluse in North America) or that we are outside of its "normal" range (by about 200 miles).

[webenda]

I assume it is not the strawberry we eat.

Not a chance. Allegedly the seeds look like a strawberry. Maybe a wild one?

I'm not so sure about a lot of peoples visual acuity.

It is not their eyes or visual acuity causing causing their blindness to the truth Chuck.
Either they have never seen a violin or have never looked their spider in the eyes (brown recluse have 6 eyes, the other spiders 8.)

Anyone brave enough to right click on this image of a brown recluse and its friends and see it even larger (Open image in new tab)?


Or maybe they are politicians.

[chuck]

Or maybe they are politicians.

Probably. They are also a lot lighter in color (both the recluse and the hunstman).

The wolf is probably our largest native spider and is dark brown, almost the color of tree bark. I'm pretty sure they are the common spider used in TV/movies for "the thing" that's coming after you/trying to kill you primarily because of their large size and pretty fearsome appearance.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

People over-react to spiders all the time, but I have to confess, those the size of a Buick give me the creeps.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

People over-react to spiders all the time, but I have to confess, those the size of a Buick give me the creeps.

Those the size of a quarter are more than enough for me. I don't need their company.