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Manipulations

Manipulation

1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind.

2. The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.

3. Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud.

Origin: cf. F. Manipulation.


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Uses for the PCR technique?

... to as quickchange pcr, probably after some early commercial form of the protocol. Wikipedia has a nice explanation of the technique: For plasmid manipulations, this technique has largely been supplanted by a PCR-like technique where a pair of complementary mutagenic primers is used to amplify ...

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by MrMistery
Mon May 04, 2009 11:41 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Uses for the PCR technique?
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Where can a piezo actuator be used in biology？

... actuator can be controled easyly with resolution of 1nm，and can afford very high force。Such actuator can be used for the positioning of cells or manipulations on a cell using glass needles. But i haven't used any bioinstruments, so i don't know where the Piezo actuator can really be use? or it ...

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by zrx737
Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:31 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where can a piezo actuator be used in biology？
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Views: 234

Re: what kinds of gentic operations we can do human

There is a difference between what is achievable and what is legal. Genetic manipulations of humans are strictly regulated, as are administration of compounds to humans for gene knockdowns. To learn what can be done in principle, look at genetic manipulations ...

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by jonmoulton
Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:35 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: what kinds of gentic operations we can do human
Replies: 1
Views: 363

1 MOLAR histidine?

... raising and lowering the pH, but no dice. I'm always left with a huge pile of histidine at the bottom of the tube. Note that I've only tried these manipulations over relatively short timescales (10-30 minutes), so it's possible that they might work if done overnight, but I'm not exactly optimistic. ...

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by mediocritus
Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:37 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: 1 MOLAR histidine?
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Views: 624

The Art of Life

... to duplicate, observe and manipulate. I know egg yoke, oil-water mixtures do the proto-cell thing. I'll give that a try eventually, as part of my manipulations and colorations. TO: wannabeaditz, Light soya sauce is what I thought you meant. I had already thought of that one, but thanks for strengthening ...

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by robertkernodle
Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:15 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Art of Life
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