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Phenylpiracetam as a nootropic 11 May 2013 | 04:12 am
I recently purchased from phenylpiracetam from LiftMode. I’ve tried other racetams in the past as nootropics, such as the classic piracetam, aniracetam, and noopept. For those who aren’t familiar with...
FDA sends letters to 5 genetic testing companies 12 Jun 2010 | 09:58 am
It appears that the FDA sent letters to several different direct to consumer genetic testing companies. They are 23andme, Navigenics, DeCode, Illumina, and Knome, which provides whole genome sequencin...
OpenPCR: DNA amplification for anyone 9 Jun 2010 | 02:54 pm
OpenPCR is a cool new project dedicated to building plans for an open source PCR machine. There’s not much inherently complicated about a PCR machine and it’s about time — a PCR machine built with $30...
Singularity Summit 2010 in San Francisco to Explore Intelligence Augmentation 7 Jun 2010 | 03:09 pm
Kevin: I’ve been volunteering for the Singularity Institute these last few months. Each year, the Singularity Institute hosts the Singularity Summit, a two-day conference in San Francisco this August ...
15 things that suck about the Palm Pre 10 Jun 2009 | 04:59 pm
I’m coming from a Blackberry 8830, and after having a Palm Pre for a few days, I have quite a few criticisms. It’s not to say I don’t like the Palm Pre, but it definitely isn’t perfect. BATTERY LIFE!...
Seeking a lab 11 May 2009 | 10:00 pm
I’m working on a startup to develop a new pharmaceutical drug, and I need a lab to help with some of the development and testing. I figure the Thinkgene community might be able to help me out. I’m goi...
A Step Closer to Immortality? 30 Jan 2009 | 09:47 am
I just read a short, interesting piece at the Telegraph about an increasing population of jellyfish that can apparently reverse their aging. I’m not entirely sure how this is possible and will be read...
Why the DTC companies will fail…or not? 19 Dec 2008 | 01:00 am
There have been plenty of other posts here on Think Gene foretelling the failure of the DTC market, such as free microarray tests. The consensus is that for these companies to survive, they must enter...
Images reconstructed from human brain using fMRI 12 Dec 2008 | 09:36 pm
Very interesting news today, as Japanese scientists published a paper in Neuron discussing the reconstruction of images directly from the human brain using fMRI. It does seem like neurology is making...
