Yesterday, we talked about Ali-BAL– the bioreactor that can (possibly) afford folks the ability to recover from liver poisoning. After all, we know that livers are not readily available for transplantation- and engineering a liver is rather difficult because of the blood vessel networks that are incorporated in the liver.
This new piece of scientific data may be very traumatic for parents. Or, maybe these results are not translatable from mice to humans, so it’s just a tidbit to share. To be honest, the underlying facts are not totally new- because other research has indicated that dysfunctional immune responses and microbiome (the bacterial population in the gut) composition are related to ASD (autism spectrum disorders).
Continue reading What Mom Eats?
What does it mean for us all if Alzheimer’s doesn’t originate in the brain?
That’s not as far-fetched an idea as you might think. After all, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) can be acquired by ingesting infected meat products- or even via blood transfusions. (These contain the contagion of prion proteins.)
Continue reading No warning for this Scarlet A’s approach
We all dread these six letters. C A N C E R. The second largest killer of humans in advanced societies.
Continue reading Have I got an infection for you!
I’m a pretty voluble guy. I love to run around and be involved, talk with strangers, get excited, etc. Until there is a crisis- which is when I become (at least for me) unnaturally quiet, focused, and dedicated to solving the issue(s). (My ex-wife was stupefied the first time she was presented with my reaction to a major crisis- she had expected a completely different scenario.)
Continue reading There’s a switch!
