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EyeWire – Help Map the Retinal Connectome. Produccion Biodiesel Microalgas. Succinylcholine, A Perfect Poison, Makes Appearance in the Dubai Killing. 0inShare According to Dubai authorities, and as reported by ABC News, Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was given a shot of succinylcholine prior to other grossly things done to his body on the fateful (for him) day of January 19, 2010.

Succinylcholine, A Perfect Poison, Makes Appearance in the Dubai Killing

And since your humble correspondent is an anesthesiologist by day, and by call at night, let me tell you why succinylcholine is such a perfect murder weapon. The best poisons usually have three things in common: small effective dose, also called Median Lethal Dose (or LD50), ease of administration, and rapid and definitive action. The fourth characteristic, the difficulty in detection by a forensics team is a big premium that most poisons don’t posses. Most poisons, that is, except succinylcholine and maybe a few others. USB-Powered DNA Nanopore Sequencing for $900. 5inShare Nanopore sequencing has been promised as a technique that will revolutionize genomics for quite a few years, and it looks like we will finally see some real-world results soon.

USB-Powered DNA Nanopore Sequencing for $900

Oxford Nanopore Technologies from Oxford in the U.K. has just announced two systems for DNA sequencing, a high throughput system called GridION and a smaller USB-powered miniature sequencer called the MinION. Both devices take advantage of proprietary nanopore sensing techniques as explained in the video below. Customer Portal FAQs. 1.

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