The Pew Biomedical Scholars are a synergistic community whose connections are reinforced over the years.
RNA interference has proven to be a quite reliable mechanism for turning genes off in a whole variety of different plants and animals.
One of the things that I first remember wanting to be was a 'geolisty' - that was the best I could say when I was a kid. That was right after I stopped wanting to be a fireman or a truck driver. Because my dad is a paleontologist who worked with the Smithsonian, I got to see the bones up close and the exhibits behind the scenes there.
