Spoilt Beer

Titration of spoilt beer samples by flow-injection analysis

Regenerative medicine spoilt for choice

Only ten years ago, 'stem cells' was a buzz word for all kinds of anticipated miracle cures, following the first production of human embryonic stem (ES) cell lines from blastocysts (early stage embryos) in 1998. As embryonic stem cells are pluripotent, they can generate the specialised cells for any kind of organ or tissue that one may want to create or repair, given the right enticement. While...

Outcomes of p53 activation--spoilt for choice.

The p53 tumour suppressor protein can efficiently inhibit tumour development. This activity reflects its ability to induce a number of different responses, including cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Recent studies have revealed some interesting insights into how the choice of response to p53 is regulated, highlighting a correlation between the activation of cell cycle arrest and survival with t...

Beer Sheba

The name of this venerable town means literally “the well of seven.” The Semitic words for “oath” and “swear an oath” are derived from the consonantal root of the number seven, and this etymological relationship is stressed in the biblical explanations of the name Beer-sheba. The name was first given because there Abraham and Abimelech king of Gerar swore an oath of mutual allegiance (Gen. 21:3...

Beer Hipsters: Exploring User Mindsets in Online Beer Reviews

Online product rating systems are frequently used to generate recommendation systems to boost sales. However, these systems do not take into account how user reviews are influenced by previous reviews of the same product. We wish to model how users interact with previously posted reviews. Namely, we want to see if there are distinct categories of users who tend to agree with previously posted r...