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"Don't put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear: the genetics of ear wax" Added to Coffee Break

"Don't put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear: the genetics of ear wax" Added to Coffee Break. NLM Tech Bull. 2006 Nov-Dec;(353):b1.

December 01, 2006 [posted]

NCBI's Coffee Break is a collection of short stories and interactive tutorials about recent biomedical discoveries. These snapshots of science are short enough to be enjoyed over a cup of coffee but also give a detailed report on a molecular topic.

The latest Coffee Break, "Don't put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear: the genetics of ear wax," describes an exciting genetic discovery made recently in the field of ear wax. To see a complete list of all available Coffee Break reports click on the contents link.

You can read more about Coffee Break in the NLM Technical Bulletin article, Dean L. Take a Coffee Break. NLM Tech Bull. 2003 Nov-Dec;(335):e5.