I wonder how the other English speaking country in the world is being governed. (Not that the current administration is doing this nation any great favors, either.)
Continue reading Wishin’ and Hopin’?
So many of the media are declaring how quickly we managed to develop vaccines for the scourge of the 21st Century, the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue reading Decades of Progress- recognized overnight
So, the experiment has been canceled. Thankfully.
Um… Maybe not thankfully. But, at least blessedly.
Continue reading Ethical Dilemna Avoided?
Although we are going to be talking how our cells react to viral intrusions, you can consider that most of this is the same response to other sorts of cellular attacks.
Continue reading Immune System Response
This is the fifth (and, for now, final) post in the third set of miniseries about COVID-19 and humans.
Continue reading Which Vaccine?
Don’t expect this very often. In 10 years of blogging, this is my second. I think.
So, we have been released from pandemonium. (You know, house arrest. For us, here in Northern Virginia- that was this past Friday.)
Continue reading Free at last! Finally, Free at last!
Here we go again.
A carefully crafted program, one that allowed just a few centers to effect critical research with real stem cells is about to get the axe.
Continue reading Not Scientific At All
Yesterday, I spoke about the flu- and the vaccine. The same disease that overtook the world 100 years ago when 500 million folks were struck by the flu. Almost 1/3 of every living soul on earth. Of those 500 million folks, about 20% perished. So, getting inoculated with the flu vaccine is not something to which one simply says “I pass”.
A few years ago, my physician told me it was time. Time to put away childish notions. Time to get new vaccinations.
Continue reading Let’s be grown-ups…