Virtual Human

Just read about this possibility of having a virtual human. I always thought this will be the ultimate goal of systems biology. However I have reservation on the actual use of the 'tool'. I sincerely hope it will be for the betterment of the human beings.

Biofuel... a friend or foe?

I kept coming across articles on biofuel recently. While it 'presented' itself as 'green', sometimes I wonder if it is really helping the environment. Nature news reported that 'biofuels might create more emissions than they save'. I believe there are some good things in biofuel but maybe we should seriously consider other modes -making use of the waste or readily available materials to create fuel than converting native land to agriculture for biofuel. No human can 'rebuild' the native land. Once it is lost, it is gone.

Human Proteinpedia

Finally... a central place for researchers to annotate and share protein information. I just read about the article in Feb 2008 Nature Biotechnology. The long list of authors with the who and who in the proteomics fields should enable Human Proteinpedia to be useful and updated.