Genetics


nz034 Homework ate my dog    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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"Okay - is there anybody ELSE whose homework ate their dog?"


nz055 Scientists and stem cells    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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"You're a selfish bastard, Lewis! Those stem cell lines were meant for people who've LOST an organ!"


nz075 Discovery of DNA    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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Cambridge, 1953. Shortly before discovering the structure of DNA, Watson and Crick, depressed by their lack of progress, visit the local pub.


nz083 Antibiotic resistance    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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It was on a short-cut through the hospital kitchens that Albert was first approached by a member of the Antibiotic Resistance.


nz251 How we get scientists    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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Unknown to the rest of the world, members of the scientific community have been making their own babies to order for quite some time now.


nz290 Specialised areas in our chromosomes    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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Genes coding for that part of the brain responsible for generating novel new ideas / Genes coding for that part of the brain responsible for mental block / A slowly expanding region of genetic code that is ultimately responsible for the blush response / Genes which support the behavioral response "Yes, maybe I should." / "On second thoughts, maybe I shouldn't" genes / A tiny group of genes which govern the production of really smart retorts for use in arguments that finished some time ago / Specialized regions in a couple of human chromosomes


nz433-ISS-02 Pangolin-Bats    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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"I've been sent home to lay low. If anyone asks, no one in my virology lab knows anything about a rampaging army of pangolin-bat hybrids."


nz441 Dangers of sexting    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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"Yes everyone thinks sexting is safe, Miss Palmer - until they contract a computer virus. .."


nz442 What can get Covid    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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"Oh great, now even gonorrhoea has Covid!"


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