Random Analogies

What: "Monoclonal antibodies are like soldiers deployed to recognize and defeat a specific enemy. They now have a defined role against many cancers and are undergoing study in the treatment of other cancers." There were very few, in fact no good analogies on the web. This one is close, but it's still missing something. A MoAb as they are known can only attack a specific part of a specific enemy. That is, is velcro ball that can only stick the hip of a specific person. It's the same with MoAbs, this immune molecule will only stick to a specific a part of another molecule.

Writer: Dr. Naveen Kella

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Date: May 10 2013 5:26 PM

What: On page 95 "A bilayer vesicle is like a double micelle, with an inward-pointing inner surface of molecules surrounded by an outward-pointing outer layer."

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Date: Jan 1 2014 1:42 PM

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"A polysome is like a cafeteria line, in which patrons follow one another, adding items to their trays. At any moment, the person at the start has a little food (a newly initiated protein); the person at the end has a complete meal (a completed protein). However, in the polysome cafeteria, everyone gets the same meal: Many copies of the same protein are made from a single mRNA."

Writer: William K. Purves, ‎David Sadava, ‎Gordon H. Orians

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Date: Feb 22 2014 9:03 PM

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""Unfortunately, research in the basic sciences can resemble the blind men and the elephant," says Feinberg, referring to the fable in which one man touches a pachyderm's stout leg and assumes the animal is a pillar; another, the muscular trunk, and thinks snake-and so on. "That's why we are very excited Sean Taverna has joined this Center, the vision for which is for researchers to ask questions and share ideas about basic research from all different angles, as well as to collaborate on experiments and grant-writing." "

Writer: Andy Feinberg

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Date: Apr 29 2014 7:36 PM