From Trazy's Flickr Photostream - you can see it here. He does some awesome macro shots of various biology related subjects.
This one is a "monster" culture cell - a huge mutant with two nuclei and one centrosome. A normal cell can be seen at the lower right.
I got tagged by my friend Sarah Arrow this morning. She's a lovely Essex lass who is the salt of the earth and would do anything for her friends. You can find her on Twitter or her excellent courier blog. Being tagged is a game bloggers play where they have to write six random things about their self, and tag six other people. It's a great way to spread the word about other people's blogs.
Ok, here goes on six random little known things about me:
1. I've had every bone in my body x-rayed, courtesy of a wild childhood getting into all manner of scrapes.
2. I'm allergic to animal fur and tend to stay away from furry pets.
3. Curry is my favourite food.
4. I don't mind rain.
5. I am hopeless at music and anything arty.
6. Science was my favourite subject at school.
The rules, borrowed from Sarah's blog are …
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on the blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know they have been tagged.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.
Right then, who to Tag...
Chet Thaker
Irina Ponomareva
Linda Mattacks
Ann Godridge
Deepak
Paulo Nuin
Activating a cancer suppressor gene called nutlin-3a can block cancer cell division, according to researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Nutlin-3a activates the p53 gene, leading to cellular senescence, a process by which cells lose their ability to grow and divide. An opportunity for new genetic mutations occurs each time a cell divides, therefore limiting the number of cell divisions in a cancer cell inhibits tumour progression. This study is published in the May 1, 2008, issue of Cancer Research.
