>Couldn’t pass, uh, couldn’t resist this one: Mouse Colon Takes Top Honors at Nikon’s Small World This is from a press release announcing the award for best photomicrograph in an international digital photography contest, sponsored by Nikon.
Betterhumans picked up on this NewScientist.com article on a study published in Current Biology (vol 16, p 1824)that examined auditory “mirror neurons” in humans using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Mirror neurons are the groups of nerves that are stimulated in our brains when we imagine someone else doing some action – in this case, … Continue reading
>Betterhumans picked up on this NewScientist.com article on a study published in Current Biology (vol 16, p 1824)that examined auditory “mirror neurons” in humans using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Mirror neurons are the groups of nerves that are stimulated in our brains when we imagine someone else doing some action – in this case, … Continue reading
On Tuesday, the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard invited and public testimony on stem cell research. I was one of those invited, and brought my Granddaughter who has had an umbilical cord bone marrow stem cell transplant. (The video is here, about 6 hours in.) One of the speakers used the old … Continue reading
>On Tuesday, the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard invited and public testimony on stem cell research. I was one of those invited, and brought my Granddaughter who has had an umbilical cord bone marrow stem cell transplant. (The video is here, about 6 hours in.) One of the speakers used the old … Continue reading
I guess it’s true – you are your DNA. In fact, some children of the future will only be worth as much as the value of their DNA in their parents’ eyes. Nature wins out over Nuture in planning the family of the future. Let’s all hope that human nature is strong enough to make … Continue reading
>I guess it’s true – you are your DNA. In fact, some children of the future will only be worth as much as the value of their DNA in their parents’ eyes. Nature wins out over Nuture in planning the family of the future. Let’s all hope that human nature is strong enough to make … Continue reading
Okay, actually Karen Kaplan wrote much of it. A news report out of California stresses the fact that the scientists are asking for more new embryos to be used in embryonic stem cell research. So, the State that’s pretty much tied in to embryonic research due to their own votes has more troubles than funding. … Continue reading
>Okay, actually Karen Kaplan wrote much of it. A news report out of California stresses the fact that the scientists are asking for more new embryos to be used in embryonic stem cell research. So, the State that’s pretty much tied in to embryonic research due to their own votes has more troubles than funding. … Continue reading
[Edit note April 21, 2007 – spelling in the title and “labels”] I don’t know about the rest of you, but while it’s possible that I can be bought, it’s not for the price of a free pen or a lunch. I pay $100 extra for my subscription to Contraception because I won’t sign off … Continue reading