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REPOST: Q&A: Immune system ‘strength’ & influenza
Posted by ERV on January 14, 2013 After I put my post up on this years influenza fiasco on Friday, the CDC declared it an official ‘epidemic’. Since one of the main excuses for not getting the shot this year are “It’s a hassle.”/“Number one, I’m lazy” (UUUUUUUGH THAT WAS ME TOO! GET THE SHOT!! The flu SUCKED!!!!), I thought it would…
GET THE FLU SHOT!!! (its not too late!)
Posted by ERV on January 11, 2013 My boss and I are very busy people. Weve got big stuff going on. BIG STUFF. So we didnt have time to get the free flu shots the university offered like 500 times last fall. About three weeks ago– Bossman: Meh, Im feeling kinda sniffly. Im gonna go get pho for lunch. Me: Cool! Im…
GMO viruses for coronary artery disease
Posted by ERV on January 9, 2013 Whoda thought that injecting viruses into peoples hearts would be not only fun, but good for their health! I just wrote about this little guy that can turn regular heart muscle cells into pacemaker cells (in guinea pigs), and here is another cool study hot off the presses: Long-Term Follow-up Assessment of a Phase 1…
Kinda sorta not really therapeutic HIV-1 vaccine (but its still a step in a positive direction)
Posted by ERV on January 7, 2013 Everyone has been wanting to know about this news item: Scientists say vaccine temporarily brakes HIV Therapeutic HIV Vaccine Shows Promise Huge Breakthrough In HIV Research Brings Us Closer To A Vaccine This is the actual paper: A Dendritic Cell–Based Vaccine Elicits T Cell Responses Associated with Control of HIV-1 Replication They did something super…
Antarctic Adventures
Posted by ERV on January 3, 2013 If you havent heard, Richard Dawkins is cruising around Antarctica right now– Theyve upgraded internet abilities since I went, so he has been able to upload some Tweets and some photographs to flicker: I want to go back so goddamn badly, seeing these pics makes me sad. Its like seeing an ex youre still in…
Building a better GMO virus for Hemophilia B
Posted by ERV on January 2, 2013 When youre trying to cure a genetic disease with a genetically modified virus, you dont have to get a perfect score. You dont have to cure everyone in the trial. You dont even really have to cure them– Just make their lives a little easier, making it so that they can skip a few invasive…
Long-term effects of CIA ‘vaccination’ ruse to find Osama bin Laden
Posted by ERV on December 18, 2012 Thanks to this, we now have this: Five female health workers vaccinating children against polio have been shot dead in Pakistan in a series of attacks blamed on Islamist militants. One victim was a 17-year-old schoolgirl volunteer. … … Pakistan, where there has been a severe backlash against immunisation for polio and other diseases since…
BWAHAHAHAHA GMO virus to replace pacemakers
Posted by ERV on December 17, 2012 Im seriously, you guys. ANY MEDICAL CONDITION YOU CAN THINK OF: There is a scientist, somewhere, trying to use viruses to treat/cure that condition. The latest: Direct conversion of quiescent cardiomyocytes to pacemaker cells by expression of Tbx18 Lots of people, either through age or genetic defect, need pacemakers. Pacemakers, while functional, come with a…
OKC Atheists on CBS Sunday Morning News
Posted by ERV on December 16, 2012 We were all so excited for this opportunity, but it wasnt supposed to be like this. It wasnt supposed to be a piece on atheists, sandwiched between images of people mourning over slaughtered children and school officials. But thats what it is. And its fine– CBS didnt do a hack piece on us or anything……
Have a dog? Want to help science?
Posted by ERV on December 13, 2012 Record yourself playing with your puppies for 30-60 seconds and upload the vid to the Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab website! Dog-dog play has been, relatively, well studied. The signs/signals/noises pups play, the repercussions for not playing by the rules, the benefits of play to an adult pup, its a very interesting fusion of evolution and…