Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?
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http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceno...rs.html?ref=hp
Is that a bad site to? I honestly don't know and had no idea the post was a tabloid, really only know about the Times in NY.
Is that a bad site to? I honestly don't know and had no idea the post was a tabloid, really only know about the Times in NY.
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Time will tell, I have a hard time buying into hype for anything. I'd figure members of a video game community would understand that kind of skepticism.
I'm sure when the first person is cured of cancer from a wonder drug it will be all over the news media.
I'm sure when the first person is cured of cancer from a wonder drug it will be all over the news media.
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I don't get excited as well, normally. The fact that it does what it does and is going into human testing is what the hype is to me. Usually the wow stuff rarely makes it to human testing.
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signal proteins are necessary for normal function of any cell in a multicellular system, and there are different types for different function, but I don't know how many there are either. Never needed to know that. It's odd that all cancers would share this one signal protein -- but shit, the proof is in the doing. It seems to be these researchers believe (and have some proof of) that the factors which lead to cancerous states also favor this particular protein expression. Exactly why that should happen is probably a matter of ongoing studies.
"Cure" seems a bit overstated. If that pans out it's an important step forward in reliable and effective treatment. It sounds like a way to include the innate immune function in chemo therapies. But, and maybe I'm just ignorant, it doesn't sound like a direct replacement for chemotherapy.
One thing that makes cancer cancer is that the immune system does not regulate the growth of the tissue. That failure is because of these signal proteins. So isolating which signal protein cancerous cells favor expressing is a good solid step.
"Cure" seems a bit overstated. If that pans out it's an important step forward in reliable and effective treatment. It sounds like a way to include the innate immune function in chemo therapies. But, and maybe I'm just ignorant, it doesn't sound like a direct replacement for chemotherapy.
One thing that makes cancer cancer is that the immune system does not regulate the growth of the tissue. That failure is because of these signal proteins. So isolating which signal protein cancerous cells favor expressing is a good solid step.
Stumbled on this today. This guy has a ton of videos showcasing weird toys and things. A lot of them demonstrate cool physics effects. Check them out, if you want to waste a few hours.
http://www.youtube.com/user/henders007?feature=watch
http://www.youtube.com/user/henders007?feature=watch
I think it's basically that more roaming herds of animals can change the landscape through periodic grazing thereby making the plants healthier or something like that.
It's probably doesn't help that we import so much fruits and vegetables from China either.
It's probably doesn't help that we import so much fruits and vegetables from China either.
I don't really get what he's saying. Grazing in safety, spread out and where only a portion of the vegetation is eaten, causes desertification, but complete decimation of the landscape by a tightly-packed herd is like miracle gro? How does that work?
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From what i gathered the video talks how some of those areas that are affected by Desertification have decent amount of rainfall. The problem is that the soil is degraded to the point it can not retain any water so any rain evaporates quickly.
it also talks about grazing rotation, just how crop rotation works the herd is moved around before it can totally destroy an area. it leaves fertilizer and removes old grass so new stuff can grow.
it also talks about grazing rotation, just how crop rotation works the herd is moved around before it can totally destroy an area. it leaves fertilizer and removes old grass so new stuff can grow.