‘Medicine’ Archives
Update: Diabetes
A quick update. I just heard from Dr. Von Herrath (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) who's research I describe in the last post. As you can imagine, there's a LOT of interest in his timeline and knowing when the human studies start. Dr. Von Herrath says that they're "actively pursuing combination therapies in recent - onset [...]
Juvenile (Type 1) Diabetes: The Work Is Advancing
Imageby meTYPE 1 DIABETES: REVERSED IN MICE. AND A SYNTHETIC PANCREAS FOR HUMANS.Juvenile diabetes is bad. Now known as type 1 diabetes, it often starts early. And, because it shuts down the body's ability to make insulin, its victims become totally dependent on injections. But control of insulin is dynamic and complex. The most dedicated patient [...]
REASSURANCES ABUT AN INCURABLE DISEASE.
From Morguefile.com and by ckurle AN INCURABLE AND STEALTHY DISEASE FROM RACCOONS From MSNBC/AP : Two kids in New York City were infected by roundworms from raccoon droppings. One of them was blinded and the other suffered brain damage. The spokesperson for the NYC Department of Health suggested proper measures for avoiding contact with [...]
Edging Toward A Cure For Hearing Loss And Deafness
Photo of me by me. "I hope that in five years, we are at a point that we can say that it is possible to cure deafness, at least in an animal." Dr. Stefan heller. August 7, 2006Stick your fingers in your ears. Both of them. Can you hear your cell phone ring? Is the guy on CNBC saying "vrumph, vrumph, vrumph?"It's called "hearing loss". I've had [...]
B-U-G-S
Free photo courtesy of www.morguefile.com Anonymous wants to know why a tiny virus can make such a mess of a person's life and, by the way, wants to know how solar cells work. Look here, Anonymous. I'm not Mister Wizard! I don't get PAID to answer questions. But I suppose I do have a moral obligation to try. Well, like you said, viruses [...]
Are You Vaporous? Plus Bone Healing Plus Crohn’s Disease
Left you breathless and hanging, didn't I? You've been wondering how things made almost entirely of nothing get to rub against each other, bump into each other, slap against themselves, and reflect light and sound. Maybe, if you're a bloodhound, you even wondered how you could smell things with so little substance. Fields. Electrons, of [...]
