Archive for February 24th, 2010

These are some recent things that I found particularly fascinating and relevant/good/hilarious (in that order). The first two articles relate directly to subjects we have been talking about in my Cell Bio class.

- An article about a new anti-cancer drug that is tailored to a particular genetic mutation – perhaps one of the first in a new generation of chemotherapy techniques that are specific to the genotype of the patient.

- An article about a new therapy for children with acute liver failure that exploits both the regeneration of the liver and the foreign-body rejection mechanism of the immune system.

- An article about the effective communication power of subtle touches.

-A song an old and very good friend sent me, which I have listened to about a dozen times already.

-And, an xkcd comic about strip games. It, erm, relates to my statistics class? (Strip-”Magic: The Gathering”…LMAO)