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Cool words: October 2007
Cool words: October 2007
Oct
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27th
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2007
09:57 pm
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Something I picked up yesterday at the day-job:
"transfect"
Go look it up.
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Date:
2007-10-28 02:19 am (UTC)
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I had trouble finding it. Do you mean - :
trans·fec·tion (trans fek′ən, tranzfekən)
noun
the injection of naked nucleic acids into cells or bacteria so as to infect them, as in cancer research
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Date:
2007-10-28 02:22 am (UTC)
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Well, your word's certainly
derived
from mine. Close enough.
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Date:
2007-10-28 02:24 am (UTC)
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Interesting sidebar I picked up when I raised the subject of the word with Ian Gould tonight:
http://evilutionarybiologist.blogspot.com/2007/10/virus-traps.html
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Date: 2007-10-28 02:19 am (UTC)trans·fec·tion (trans fek′ən, tranzfekən)
noun
the injection of naked nucleic acids into cells or bacteria so as to infect them, as in cancer research
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Date: 2007-10-28 02:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-28 02:24 am (UTC)http://evilutionarybiologist.blogspot.com/2007/10/virus-traps.html