Turning 'crazy' into learnin-- XMRV from contaminated vaccines?
Category: Immunology
*shrug* I cant think of a way it could have done it.
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Immunology:
My savior: Ketotifen Fumarate
Category: Immunology
I never had allergies until I moved to Oklahoma. Evidently, when the wind comes sweeping down the plain at +45 mph, its carrying billions and billions of grains of cedar pollen. So even though I grew up in a damn...
Posted by ERV at 1:45 PM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Numbers arent enough
Category: Immunology
Okay, so there are like 20,000 polar bears left. 4,000 tigers. 1,600 Pandas. Meh, who cares, right? I mean, there are still some. 1,600 plus the ones in zoos. 'Endangered' animals are fine! Yeah... No. Minor problem with decreasing population...
Posted by ERV at 9:00 AM • 33 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Molecular Mimicry and Disease
Category: Immunology
Everyone knows that bacteria/viruses/pathogens make you sick. Everyone knows your immune system fights back against these guys so you get better. But did you know that pathogens can (accidentally) make your immune system mutiny? Turn your own immune system against...
Posted by ERV at 9:15 AM • 38 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Immunology Woo: MHC Mates, Part 2
Category: Immunology
After last Fridays post on a curiously orchestrated media event for a crappy paper (DUNT TAKE TEH PILL OR U CHOSE BAD BOIFREND!), I decided to bully some of my immuno professors for more information. I mean Ive got MHC...
Posted by ERV at 8:27 AM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Immunology Woo: MHC Mates
Category: Immunology
If youve read 'health' news on the internet this week, youve seen this story: Pill may lead women to the wrong guy The Pill makes women pick bad mates MSNBC Pill Users Choose 'Wrong' Sex Partners WebMD Sniffing for Mr....
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