Science is f*cking rad. Scientists Create Fully Functional Eggs from Skin Cells Using skin cells extracted from mice, researchers in Japan have produced fully functional egg cells that were used to produce healthy mouse pups. Should the method work in humans, it could introduce powerful new ways of treating infertility—and even allow same-sex couples to …
Dilution is the Solution
I’m getting to the point where mere alcohol doesn’t thrill me at all, but that watching shitty administrators ruin good universities gives me the kind of schadenfreude most of us usually reserve for watching Donald Trump’s poll numbers. Today’s installment went a little long:
A good day for medical ethicists
Great news! Sort of. I watched this trickle through the scientific press for a while and I guess I can no longer ignore it. Researchers in the US are closing in on a therapy that could reverse harmful ageing processes in the brain, muscles, heart and other organs. […]The infusions had a striking impact on …
The Veterinary Medical Free Market Paradise
I’ve just returned from an appointment with the surgeon who will be operating on our dog, which in addition to having a blown out CCL (like a bad ACL) also has bladder stones. Going through this experience, it struck me that the whole thing is a free market Libertarian’s wet dream. First, I am totally …
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Of Course They’re Crazy
Why the hell are we still having this fucking debate: The more we find out about the House Republican caucus, the more obvious it becomes that they’re not just trying to maximize their leverage by pretending to be crazy. They’re crazy. Of course they are crazy. Ross Douthat is just a hack who does his …
There’s a land that I heard of …
Maggie Gallagher (and yes, I feel a little dirty just typing her name) notes a CBS San Francisco report on a gentleman whose HIV has currently been reduced to undetectable levels as a result of treatment with HIV-resistant adult stem cells. This story has been hanging around since December last year, but I am both …
Unhinged
If, during the press conference last night, you heard President Obama address the stem cell question, and you are a sane person, you heard this: QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President. In your remarks on stem-cell research earlier this month, you talked about a majority consensus in determining whether or not this is the right thing …