Something Random

Hi guys, how are you today? Just something random from the Friday ISO Conference-cum-Presentation...

Antibodies in Palm Oil

Palm Oil contains antibodies that can successfully kill Escherichia Coli, so says some boy from ACS[I] (Yes, show some respect for ACS[I]), thus proving that it's useful in handsoap, since human waste contains the bacteria E. Coli.

Now something from an article I read today. (Actually it's from the ISO Conference but I just researched about it)

Plasmon Rulers

These can help in identifying caspase 3 activation in the early stages. Now some scientists are showing a plasmon ruler comprising peptide-linked gold nanoparticle satellites around a core particle to sort of follow cell-signalling pathways in vivo at single-molecule level.

For more information, look at http://www.pnas.org/content/106/42/17735.short?rss=1

-George