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The era of garage biology is upon us. Want to participate? Take a moment to buy yourself a molecular biology lab on eBay. A mere $1,000 will get you a set of precision pipettors for handling liquids and an electrophoresis rig for analyzing DNA. Side trips to sites like BestUse and LabX (two of my favorites) may be required to round out your purchases with graduated cylinders or a PCR thermocycler for amplifying DNA. If you can't afford a particular gizmo, just wait six months - the supply of used laboratory gear only gets better with time. Links to sought-after reagents and protocols can be found at DNAHack. And, of course, Google is no end of help.
Forget about mobile labs in Iraq that seem to have not existed. What about a two car garage outside of Detroit?
When you consider the constitutional stresses terrorists using airplanes have caused, I tend agree with Kevin Dewalt:
Our existing laws, social structures, national organizations, and systems of government will have to be restructured to avoid irrelevance.
Or avoid destruction through catastrophic political reactions.
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Thanks for mentioning BestUse as a source for lab products. As of April 1, 2006 BestUse was bought-out by NorthWest Supply, Inc. We still provide lots of great, pre-owned lab equipment. You can find us www.bestuse.com or www.northwestscientific.com
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