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Drew Carey On Medical Marijuana
Yeast-powered fuel cell feeds on human blood - tech - 01 April 2009 - New Scientist
A team at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, has created tiny microbial fuel cells by encapsulating yeast cells in a flexible capsule. They went on to show the fuel cells can generate power from a drop of human blood plasma.
Such fuel cells would be especially useful for devices, such as intraspinal microelectrodes for treating paralysis, which need to be implanted in places where replacing a battery is tricky
Man appears free of HIV after stem cell transplant - CNN.com
# American patient in Germany without signs of HIV and not on antiretroviral medicine
# Man underwent stem cell transplant to treat his leukemia, not HIV
# Procedure isn't feasible for majority of HIV patients, because transplant is dangerous
Mouthwash linked to cancer | The Daily Telegraph
AUSTRALIA'S top-selling mouthwashes can cause oral cancer and should be pulled from supermarket shelves immediately.
Leading independent experts have issued this strong warning after investigating latest scientific evidence linking alcohol-containing mouthwashes to the deadly disease.
Blind Man Sees With Subconscious Eye : NPR
TN has what is known as blind sight, according to de Gelder. Even though the primary part of his brain that processes visual information is destroyed, he still has more primitive parts of his brain intact, and these are capable of doing some visual processing. After all, one of the most basic functions of the visual system is to help an animal avoid obstacles or predators. TN still has some visual abilities — he's just not aware he has them.
Doctor: Face transplant patient 'very happy' with procedure - CNN.com
Dr. Maria Siemionow, head of plastic surgery at the famed Cleveland Clinic, led a surgical team that recently performed the first face transplant in the United States.
Social Control: Denmark's Kinder, Gentler System of Eugenics
A new pre-natal screening program in Denmark has halved the number of babies with Down's Syndrome. The success of the program, undeniably a form of eugenics, raises a number of questions about how far people should go with pre-natal screening - and what kinds of conditions merit termination of a pregnancy.
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Let's say the idea of terminating a Down's pregnancy doesn't disturb you. But what about babies who will be born with holes in their hearts, a potential for cancer, or possible schizophrenia? Where does eugenics become genetic fascism?
More on Peter Singer and Jamie Bérubé — Crooked Timber
The point is that sometimes, the internet really is an amazing thing, in which you write a blog post that takes issue with Peter Singer’s characterization of the capabilities of people with Down syndrome, and then find, a few weeks later, an email from Peter Singer in your inbox.
One year on: Lakshmi Tatma - Times Online
Born with eight limbs, she was the result of a rare condition in which a foetus is joined at the pelvis to a “parasitic” twin who has stopped developing in the mother’s womb. In Lakshmi’s case, she was born having absorbed the limbs and other body parts o
Natural Treatment for Clinical Depression
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Moringa Oleifera: The Miracle Tree
Gram for gram, Moringa leaves contain: SEVEN times the vitamin C in oranges, FOUR times the Calcium in milk, FOUR times the vitamin A in carrots, TWO times the protein in milk and THREE times the Potassium in bananas.
The Washington Monthly
And yet the new film also puts these drawbacks in their rightful context. Every system the film portrays has its problems, but overall each one seems to deliver a better total package than the one in the U.S.
Technology Review: Nanofibers Heal Spinal Cords
An engineered material that can be injected into damaged spinal cords could help prevent scars and encourage damaged nerve fibers to grow. The liquid material... contains molecules that self-assemble into nanofibers, which act as a scaffold on which nerve
Mobile phone inventor dreams of human embeds - Technology - smh.com.au
"Here you've got this wonderful power supply called the human body that's generating energy all the time," he said. "Wouldn't it be wonderful to have these devices built into you and powered by your body?"
Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal? [J Abnorm Psychol. 1996] - PubMed Result
Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies.
TED | Talks | Christopher deCharms: Looking inside the brain in real time (video)
Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demos an amazing new way to use fMRI to show brain activity while it is happening -- emotion, body movement, pain. (In other words, you can literally see how you feel.)
DailyTech - Accidental Discovery During Surgery Reverses Memory Loss
A "pacemaker" for the human brain might be on the horizon
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