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SURE 2013: Reconstitution of the Blood Clotting Cascade using Phosphatidylserine-Containing Vesicles
A brief summary of work done towards developing an artificial platelet. The aim was to construct phosphatidylserine-containing vesicles at the micrometer scale capable of binding collagen and activating thrombin. This was achieved by combining techniques of bottom-up synthetic biology with existing knowledge of the blood-clotting cascade. source
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Kings of Cannabis (Full Length Documentary)
Watch our new Weed Travel show, Blunt Reviews: https://vice.video/2L69pT0 Check out other videos from Weediquette here: http://bit.ly/1iVLbL7 You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you’ve probably smoked his weed. Arjan’s been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow, Super Silver Haze, and many others—for over 20 years. In 1992 he opened his first coffee shop in Amsterdam and has since crafted his marijuana-breeding skills into a market-savvy empire known as Green House Seed Company, which rakes in millions of dollars a year. He’s won 38 Cannabis Cups and has dubbed himself the King of Cannabis. VICE joins Arjan and his crew of…