Jola

This weeks definitely been a test of how committed I am to my studies, with all manner of deadlines looming, it was hard trying to juggle everything I'm involved in, fortunately I got everything done on time (only just) but nothing worth getting is gotten without struggle. However in the midst of all the stress I've still been able to enjoy the subject Im studying and its been keeping me going. Finding out I got a 2:1 last semester overall was a welcome surprise, honestly didn't think I'd do that well when I look back at how stressed and overwhelmed I was at sometimes last semester, a first class definitely is within my reach. In conclusion the worst is yet to come but theres a light at the end of the tunnel :) - Jola

As part of my #BS1012 presentation I learned a bit about the "arms race" between diseases and immune systems and I think this is an excellent example of this - Jola

I'd assume so. We were told the same back then. That's what the curly arrow represents, so I guess we should make sure it points to and from the right place! - Aneeka Ul-Haq

In the lectures, Dr Rawlings did stress where they are positioned so I'm assuming it will be penalised if you get it wrong in the exam. - Xanthe Simpson-Gray

It's quite funny I read Dr Cann's post on the blue whale posted a question and then not 5 minutes later found the answer to my question, turns out the reason a blue whale can sustain its massive size is because it is so efficient in feeding - Jola

Good find! - Christopher Lysons

yeah definitely i've just read a similar article from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth... it is absolutely incredible how its mouth can stretch to such an incredible size! - Benjamin Tanner

It's called Walking with monsters-life before dinosaurs and it's amazing to think how evolution is spurned on by a generations-long battle between predator and prey - Jola

I wish we got to do dissections! I suppose your course is just far more varied - elie gordon

Seems fascinating how the smallest set of muscles in the locust's body are it's flight muscles, considering how much they have to fly especially during swarm-period - Jola

I know it seems like ages ago we were doing #BS1003 with Dr. Matheson but this article emphasises the importance of the shape maintaining role played by microtubules and cell filaments - Jola

Its strange how something could be life-threateningly bad for one bodily system but be near-essential for another - Jola

New investigations show that radio waves could help reduce high blood pressure, but are we ignoring the possible side effects of heating human tissue in this way - Jola

I love learning about te immune system, th emore you learn the more you realise that it literally is a warzone and this new research has only proved this further - Jola

Which module is this relevant to? - Dr Alan Cann

New research has shown why our immune system seems so inept at defeating the HIV virus, now that we can understand why, maybe there is hope of bolstering this area of weakness - Jola

Which module is this relevant to? - Dr Alan Cann

Although still in early days it is posssible that such reseach could find a less contraversial solution to treating spinal damage than stem cell research - Jola

These days we hear alot about more and more foodstuff being harmful, its good to know that we're hearing about more and more foodstuff that are helpful as well, maybe mor money should be dedicated to finding how day-to day foodstuff helps our health in ways we haven't considered - Jola

This looks like it could be a step in the right direction with finding better ways to treat cancer - Jola

Its really shocking at how genomics can seemingly do everything - Jola

What is shocking about it? - Dr Jo Badge from iPod

Could new research on the roles of telomerase answer our prayers in the fight against cancer, and our struggle to become more youthful? - Jola

Could new research on the roles of telomerase answer our prayers in the fight against cancer, and our struggle to become more youthful? - Jola

Thanks to this research,Is it the beginning of the end for our fears of hospital superbugs? - Jola

Studies show that Immune cells located in the brain affect synaptic cells in the brain thus suggesting they help/hinder learning and memory - Jola

I am so shocked that my actions today could not only affect my children's lifestyle but also my grand children's lifestyle, very poignant - Jola

Another giant leap in makinds efforts to understand and possible influence the exciting world of genetics, but are we stepping too close to a world where our knowledge will allow us to design what the 'perfect human being' will be? - Jola

I think it's really quite interesting how advanced the human mind is, even at the stage of infancy as this report highlights - Jola

My question is could we theoretically take this information, clone these animals and thus never have to worry about the threat of extinction again? A bit Jurassic park-esque i know but is it a possibility? - Jola

Why not share this from Google Reader? - Dr Alan Cann

For me the problem with this study is the huge amount of money spent without any link to phenotype: the exciting genetics is looking at what genes do or cause. This study is a fraction of the value it could haves had as all they know about phenotype is the people have reached 18yrs and have an IQ more than 70 or so. You will not understand much genetics or genomics from that. - Pat Heslop-Harrison

... On the one hand you could say that those who plagiarise haven't gone through the physically complicated steps the brain takes to come out with something original, thus whatever has been regurgitated hasn't been learnt and thus the outcome is that you haven't learnt anything, making the process futile. On the other hand the word 'original' leaves room for discussion because 99% of the knowledge we have is not original and has been copied to a certain extent, when children learn things they are taught to copy the way adults do things, thus we learn to speak, walk, and interact with people. And if you look at things in a slightly machiavellian fashion many of the richest people in the world have accumulated vast sums of wealth thanks to plagiarism, for example Phil Knight the owner of Nike inc. essentially 'plagiarised' ideas his track coach came up with in reference to the design of running shoes, and if you look at the way the market is nowadays many products are copies of more... more... - Jola

Yes, Roisin i agree. Those tempted to plagiarise only do so because they don't fully understand what they are writing about. A way to stop this would be to do your work early, so that if you don't understand you could ask for help! If you leave it to the night before and still don't understand it then the temptation might be too high! - Laura Foulsham