TED – Craig Venter unveils “synthetic life”
In June, I was astounding by the news the Dr. J. Craig Venter and his team succeed in creating synthetic life. History was made as this single-celled organism was born. The first species in history to be newly created by man. What does this mean for humanity? What does this mean for medicine? Did we … Read more
Fatal Familial Insomnia
What is Fatal Familial Insomnia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_familial_insomnia Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a very rare autosomal dominant inherited prion disease of the brain. It is almost always caused by a mutation to the protein PrPC, but it can also develop spontaneously in patients without the inherited mutation in a variant called sporadic fatal insomnia (SFI). The … Read more
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