What is DNA? – Video

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07-12-2011 21:43 Paul Andersen describes the molecular structure of DNA. He describes the major parts of a nucleotide and explains how they are assembled into a nucleic acid. The nitrogenous base, deoxyribose sugar and phosphate group make up a single nucleotide.

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DNA and RNA – Part 2 – Video

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30-07-2011 13:06 027 - DNA and RNA - Part 2 Paul Andersen continues his description of DNA and RNA. He begins with the structure of DNA and RNA and moves into the process of DNA Replication. He also describes the central dogma of biology explaining how DNA is transcribed to mRNA and is finally translated into proteins.

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Heart Attacks and Blood Viscosity reduced by blood donation

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I really mean that it is proven that lowering blood viscosity lowers heart attacks. Here is another study showing an 88% reduction in heart attack rates!!

THIS IS WHY Beyond Chelation Improved is LIFE SAVING but for those who cannot afford the $120 a month we should certainly encourage them to start regular blood donation. It has no downside, but over time, the benefits from all the nutrients in BC-I will also keep you much sharper and younger, as you age.

But at least everyone will one day admit that no cholesterol lowering program comes close to this 88% reduction in fatal heart attacks! So when will the world move on to BLOOD VISCOSITY, as the new frontier, and leave the nonsense of cholesterol in the trash bin called the sad story of the history of medicine and man’s greed. Read more...

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What nutritional supplements should I take for Obesity?

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Foundation Supplements. There are three products from Natural Factors that I think are critical in supporting good health:

MultiStart (age and gender specific multiple vitamin and mineral formulas). Follow label instructions.
Enriching Greens - a great tasting "greens drink" containing highly concentrated "greens" like chlorella, spirulina, wheat grass juice, barley grass juice, etc., and herbal extracts. Take one serving (one tablespoon) in 8 ounces of water daily.
RxOmega-3 Factors - A true pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplement. Take two capsules daily.
SlimStyles is a program and a family of products from Natural Factors that is based upon breakthroughs in the understanding of human appetite regulation and methods to improve sensitivity to the hormone insulin. SlimStyles works because it is based upon achieving five key goals:

Effectively decreasing appetite leading to a reduction of calories consumed.Read more...

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DigiPath Announces PathGuarantee Protection

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DigiPath®, Inc, provider of affordable, innovative, and reliable digital pathology solutions yesterday announced its PathGuarantee™.

According to DigiPath, their PathGuarantee is the "digital pathology industry’s first Money Back Guarentee program".

Perhaps DigiPath offering these terms and conditions will allow interested folks to test the waters for themselves and lower the potential fiscal barrier to adoption.  It has been my experience that short, low or no-cost, no obligation type trials for scanning devices are hard to come by and not offered widely.  I think if more companies did so to allow potential clients to "test drive" the device and software for an agreed period of time, sales could potentially increase.  After all the due diligence a group, hospital, laboratory or research/pharmaceutical organization may go through to select a platform it could help make the decision which platform to go with after seeing for themselves any potential issues with recan rate, quality or speed and see if the manufacturer's claims are accurate.  

Of course this involves some investment by the manufacturers and most test drives don't last more than 10 or 12 miles unless you need to take it home to see if it fits in the garage but it appears DigiPath is willing to make that investment and allow clients to see for the themselves if their device fits their clients needs.

PathGuarantee is available for free to clients who place orders by February 15, 2012.

“DigiPath is committed to our client’s total satisfaction,” stated Eric Stoppenhagen, President of DigiPath, “We created PathGuarantee to eliminate financial risks associated with adopting digital pathology with DigiPath’s PathScope, the $25,000 slide scanning solution.”

PathGuarantee applies during the DigiPath 14 day acceptance period. During this time, clients will evaluate PathScope’s the image quality, scan time, and rescan rate. If the client is satisfied with the DigiPath solution, the client will pay the remaining balance on associated purchase order. If the client is not satisfied, the DigiPath solution will be returned, and all deposit funds will be returned. PathGuarantee™ is available for free to clients who place orders by February 15, 2012.

Other terms and conditions may apply. Please see http://digipath.biz/solutions.html for further details.

About DigiPath, Inc. 
DigiPath, Inc. provides the next generation of affordable, innovative, and reliable digital pathology solutions. The DigiPath team brings over 60 years combined expertise in pioneering digital pathology, implementing over 750 installations at community pathology practices, hospitals, academic medical centers, reference laboratories, biopharma organizations, and life science research institutions worldwide. DigiPath products are for research use only.

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Aperio to Present at 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

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Vista, CA – January 4, 2012 - Aperio, the global leader in digital pathology solutions that improve patient care, today announced that David Schlotterbeck, chief executive officer, will present an overview of the company’s business at the 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. The Aperio presentation is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. (PST).

During his formal presentation, Mr. Schlotterbeck will discuss the multi-billion dollar digital pathology market and highlight Aperio’s new direction in digital pathology solutions for both healthcare and life sciences. These solutions will accelerate adoption and allow pathologists to be more effective.

David_schlotterbeckDavid Schlotterbeck is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of CareFusion, a leading medical technology company. From 2004 through 2009, he served as vice chairman of Cardinal Health and chief executive officer for their clinical and medical products business segment. He joined Cardinal Health through the acquisition of Alaris Medical Systems, where he was president and chief executive officer from 1999 through 2004. Mr. Schlotterbeck previously held executive leadership roles as president and chief operating officer of Pacific Scientific Company; president and chief executive officer of Vitalcom, Inc.; and, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Nellcor, Inc. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the General Motors Institute (Kettering University) and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University.

 

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Pathology Labs Replace Microscopes with Digital Imaging

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By Labmedica International staff writers
Posted on 29 Dec 2011		 

Non-US deployment of Aperio platform with image storage on a Hitachi platform.  400,000 glass slides annually at a rate of 300 TB of storage per year.  Very cool. Look for more adoption overseas this year.  

Microscopes are being replaced with digital imaging in pathology laboratories in the southern part of Sweden.

Traditional microscope glass slides are turned into digital images, which are then analyzed by pathologists directly from the computer screen, instead of using regular microscopes.

The revolution, which has already occurred in radiology, is now taking place in pathology. The contracted delivery not only digitizes the slides but also will completely renew IT support for all workflows of the pathology laboratories in the Skåne region.

Labvantage (Somerset, NJ, USA) will deliver a USD 4 million turnkey solution for digitizing the histopathological workflows in the whole region. The system will be possibly the largest such installation in the world and among the first of its kind in northern Europe. The digital slides will reside in Hitachi’s (Tokyo, Japan) Content Platform, which employs distributed object storage. All of the images will be kept well protected and duplicated across several physical discs. This makes the traditional backing up of data unnecessary.

Currently the four pathology laboratories run by Region Skåne produce about 400,000 histological microscope slides a year. The samples are prepared into microscope slides and are then physically distributed to pathologists. Slides are then analyzed using regular microscopes. There is currently limited IT support for the workflow, making it difficult to track the status of pending cases and to identify the bottlenecks in the production workflow.

The difficulties in this method are mostly related to physical slides, which can only reside–and be analyzed–in one place at a time. With the digital pathology in place, all pathologists from all laboratories of Skåne can gain access to all cases and related slides. Together with the introduction of digital pathology, another goal of Region Skåne is to introduce so-called LEAN workflows.

The digitizing will not only ease the distribution of slides for the pathologists’ viewing but will also solve the needs for storage. Swedish law requires Region Skåne to keep all slides for a minimum of 20 years, and today this requires a lot of physical space. It is also difficult to retrieve a particular case from the archive. In the digitized format, the annual production of about 400,000 glass slides will consume 300 terabytes of storage each year.

The unique changeover both in its scope and in scale is to be supplied by Software Point. A key component in the delivery is a new workflow management system, which will manage both the preanalytical and analytical stages of the laboratory process. An adapted version of Software Point’s (Espoo, Finland) C5 LIMS will be in total charge of managing the workflows and tracking all events within. It will maintain a real-time status of each sample, slide, and case, and will ease the work of both laboratory technicians and pathologists with advanced functionalities such as integration to laboratory automation, datamatrix labeling of all objects, and speech recognition for pathologists.

"This is an important milestone for us. Our workflow-centric C5 LIMS, complemented with the best of breed systems from Aperio (Vista, CA, USA) and Hitachi, make up a solution unlike anything else on the market. We see tremendous potential in digital pathology and this is one key element in our strategy for further expanding the position of our LIMS in the healthcare marketplace," comments Andrea Holmberg, CEO of Software Point.

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Lucid, Inc. Announces Closing of Public Offering

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PRESS RELEASE

Dec. 30, 2011, 12:46 p.m. EST

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lucid, Inc. LCDCU 0.00% today announced that it has closed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 1,388,000 units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock. Net proceeds received by Lucid were approximately $5.30 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and corporate finance fee, but before taking into account estimated offering expenses. The Company has granted the underwriters a 45 day option to purchase an additional 208,200 units to cover over-allotments, if any.

The Company will use the net proceeds to repay certain indebtedness and to fund its continuing operations.

Roth Capital Partners acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering and Maxim Group LLC acted as co-manager.

The securities were offered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement previously filed and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Before investing, you should read the prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC for information about the Company and the offering. A copy of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov under the registrant's name, "Lucid Inc." Copies of the prospectus may also be obtained from Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Equity Capital Markets, 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, at 800-678-9147 and Rothecm@roth.com.

About Lucid, Inc.

Lucid, Inc. is a leader in noninvasive skin cancer imaging and diagnosis through the use of its FDA cleared VivaScope(R) confocal imagers and its innovative VivaNet(R) telepathology system that allows secure, HIPAA compliant, near real-time collaboration between dermatologists and pathologists. VivaNet(R) provides rapid online medical image transfer storage and retrieval, enabling critical collaborative consultations at the point and time of care. Lucid's VivaScopes(R) provide images that physicians can use to form critical medical decisions in cases of melanoma and other skin cancers while ensuring patient comfort and peace of mind. You can learn more about the Company and its innovative products at http://www.lucid-tech.com.

VivaScope(R) and VivaNet(R) are registered trademarks of Lucid, Inc.

 

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Welcome to Digital Pathology Blog (Russian version)

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For folks who can read/speak Russian -- check out a blog about digital pathology (sound familiar minus the Russian part) over at Digital Pathology -- "The first blog about digital pathology in russian language" or "?????? ???? ? ???????? ????????? ?? ??????? ?????".  Check out Google translator, if, like me, you have forgotten most if not all of your high school Russian.

Welcome to the blogosphere!

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Autopsies and Caviar Dreams

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CaviarA colleague sent this to me over the holidays. 

From the world of strange news items comes this tale of an entrepenurial funeral service owner and a morgue attendant in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Not a big fan of performing autopsies but perhaps if there was some Russian red caviar to be had as part of the work I might reconsider.

Just like a Thanksgiving dinner does not count if there is no turkey, a Russian New Year's party is not complete without caviar on the table. Even if it is a morgue party, police discovered.

More than 175 kilograms of red and black caviar were stored in a morgue of a St. Petersburg hospital, local police said on their web site Wednesday.

The caviar, which comes from endangered species, belonged to a 64-year-old entrepreneur who ran a funeral service in the building and a 42-year-old morgue attendant, the report said, without releasing their names.

The duo "stored and packed red and black caviar next to the corpses inside the morgue's pathology department," police said.

About 135 kilograms of red caviar were packed in five containers labeled "Aviation Security. Checked." Identical containers were found in a body storage room, with a paramedic saying they held "biological waste."

A police video leaked by the Lifenews.ru online tabloid showed a refrigerator stuffed with caviar next to a body in a coffin. A spoken commentary described the premises as a "farewell hall" where mourners pay tribute to the dead.

The two men said the caviar was "meant for their private use to celebrate the new year and a party for the hospital personnel," police said.

No one was charged with wrongdoing as of Wednesday because owing caviar is not a violation per se. But police have begun a check into where the caviar came from and whether its storage broke sanitary laws.

Most black caviar in Russia comes from the black market. Only 19 tons of the 244 tons sold last year were sold legally, Vedomosti reported in April.

It remained unclear whether morgue officials would face any penalties. Police said in their report that a hospital administrator failed to explain how the delicacy came to be stored next to the corpses and fled the building.

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Theosophy, Spiritualism and Grand Central Station: Part 2 of Occult NYC with Mitch Horowitz on The Midnight Archive

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A new episode of The Midnight Archive--the web-based documentary series centered around Observatory--has just been uploaded and can be viewed above. In this episode, we continue our occult tour of New York City with Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation and leader of our popular Observatory Occult Walking Tour. Part one of this piece can be viewed here.

Film maker Ronni Thomas--the creator of The Midnight Archive--has this to say about the episode:

EPISODE 08 : Occult NYC part 2 -- We return to NYC as Mitch Horowitz, Author of Occult America, takes us to some of the more mysterious places in this fine city. We'll learn about Madame Blavatsky's midtown occult salon, get some insight into Grand Central's mystic design, and in my case at least - become acquainted with the occult stylings of Fred F. French. Make sure to keep aware of Mitch's walking tour which is hosted by The Brooklyn Observatory and Pam Grossman. And don't forget to pick up Mitch's book at amazon.com.

For more on the series, to see former episodes, or to sign up for the mailing list so as to be alerted to future uploads, visit The Midnight Archive website by clicking here. You can also "like" it on Facebook--and thus be alerted--by clicking here.

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"Lunation: Art on the Moon" Opening Party, Observatory, This Saturday, January 7

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This Saturday at Observatory we will he hosting the opening party for Lunation, our first group-curated show. Admission is free, and the art will be intriguingly wide-ranging. I have a few pieces in the show, as do many other familiar faces.

Full details follow; hope very much to see you there!

LUNATION
Art on the Moon
Observatory's first group-curated show • January 7 – February 26, 2012

Opening Party: This Saturday, January 7th, 7–10 PM, FREE
Closing Party/Observatory's 3rd Anniversary Fundraiser: Saturday, February 18th, 8 PM/$20
Show Viewing Hours: Thursday & Friday 3–6 PM, Saturday & Sunday 12–6 PM

Artists and scientists have always been attracted to the moon...
Our closest celestial neighbor, the earth’s little sister, the moon creates the tides and illuminates the woods at night. For centuries, humanity believed the moon provided a key into the invisible realm: it called out the beast within us, freeing us to act as wolves, to run, to dance, to chant—and sometimes (as in Duncan Jones’ Moon) to split in two, to find our double, our changeling moon-self.

Is the moon home to life? Today we know it isn’t, but even as of 1830, speculation was rampant that the moon was inhabited by Christianized bat-people who worshiped in great ziggurats. (See The Sun and the Moon by Observatory alumnus Matthew Goodman for details.) Still, life comes to the moon. We know the moon contains frozen water, and we dream of using it as our jumping-off point for visiting even more alien vistas.

Down here, despite all the prowess and nuance of our latest telescopes, earthlings still look up naked-eyed with excitement at the full moon. Lovers and children gaze up at its slowly blinking façade in mute wonder. Artists portray the moon as a source of danger and power, and latter-day sorceresses and men of magic call up to that heavenly lamp, seeking to transcend the ordinary night. For them, the old myths have not changed so much: the moon is still a secret mirror, showing in pale light how the familiar contains always an element of the unexpected...

Artists Included

LUNATION Dates to Save:

  • Sat., Jan. 7 – LUNATION opening! Come drink wine with us and celebrate the many phases/faces of the moon—including ones you've never seen before
  • Sat., Jan. 22 – Moon Magick ritual workshop presented by Pam Grossman of Phantasmaphile
  • Friday, Feb. 17: The Moon and Its Closest Inhabitants: A 3D Slideshow with 3D Legend Gerald Marks
  • Sat., Feb. 18 – 3rd Anniversary Observatory Fundraiser Party: Help support your favorite interdisciplinarian art, science, & occult event space!

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Original Ellis Island Magic Lantern Slides from AMNH at Observatory Tomorrow Night!

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Tomorrow night, Proteus Gowanus and Morbid Anatomy present at Observatory! Hope to see you there.

Projection of Original Ellis Island Lantern Slides from the Collection of The American Museum of Natural History & Meredith Monk Screening
Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 8pm
Observatory, 543 Union Street (enter via Proteus Gowanus Gallery)
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Tomorrow night, join Proteus Gowanus and The Morbid Anatomy Library for a projection of original lantern slides of Ellis Island immigrants from the collection of the American Museum of Natural History presented by Barbara Mathe, head of special collections at the museum library. Following, we will view a special screening of Meredith Monk’s short film, ‘Ellis Island’ (1981), performed and filmed in the island’s ruins before the start of renovations for the Ellis Island Museum, which opened in 1990. Ellis Island was the gateway for the majority of immigrants to the United States, processing over 12 million immigrants from 1892 until 1954.

More--including directions--can be found here.

Image: Ellis Island Portraits - Lapland children, possibly from Sweden; Sherman, Augustus F. (Augustus Francis) — Photographer. [ca. 1906-1914]; Source: William Williams papers / Photographs of immigrants (more info); found here.

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