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>Book Review: Michael Crichton’s NEXT

Posted by bnuckols ⋅ January 26, 2007 ⋅ 2 Comments

>“Stroke Damage May Help Smokers Kick the Habit: The insula, an area of the brain largely ignored by researchers, may hold the key to breaking harmful addictions” (Scientific American Science and Technology News, January 25, 2007) “Fresh light thrown on tragic drug trial: Animal tests may have missed danger because monkeys ‘too clean’.” (news@nature.com online, … Continue reading →

Book Review: Michael Crichton's NEXT

Posted by bnuckols ⋅ January 26, 2007 ⋅ 2 Comments

“Stroke Damage May Help Smokers Kick the Habit: The insula, an area of the brain largely ignored by researchers, may hold the key to breaking harmful addictions” (Scientific American Science and Technology News, January 25, 2007) “Fresh light thrown on tragic drug trial: Animal tests may have missed danger because monkeys ‘too clean’.” (news@nature.com online, … Continue reading →

>The future of stem cells, Texas and politics

Posted by bnuckols ⋅ January 26, 2007 ⋅ Leave a comment

>The Friday, January 26, 2007 Austin American Statesman editorial, “Stem cell opposition could steer research away from Texas,” flatly states that Governor Rick Perry’s $3 Billion dollar cancer research initiative won’t help at all if it doesn’t include funding for embryonic stem cell research. The Statesman editors doubt that there will be any scientists to … Continue reading →

The future of stem cells, Texas and politics

Posted by bnuckols ⋅ January 26, 2007 ⋅ Leave a comment

The Friday, January 26, 2007 Austin American Statesman editorial, “Stem cell opposition could steer research away from Texas,” flatly states that Governor Rick Perry’s $3 Billion dollar cancer research initiative won’t help at all if it doesn’t include funding for embryonic stem cell research. The Statesman editors doubt that there will be any scientists to … Continue reading →