thundara

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by thundara 11y ago
If you look in the second paragraph, they say they used multiple-displacement amplification (MDA). This method reduces the amount of times that any copied DNA is re-amplified, allowing them to significantly reduce the issue you bring up. [1
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by thundara 12y ago
There was an even more impressive example of synthetic biology taking on HIV treatment. The design involved re-engineering HIV to excise the retrovirus rather than integrating it into the genomes of infected cells: https://www.yo
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by thundara 12y ago
What you see as a disparity, researchers and pharmaceuticals see as a honeypot. A cure for any form is a win for someone, but make no mistake that solid tumors are on a few institutions' big targets. There's a few different approa
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by thundara 13y ago
> Would this operate better if it weren't on any 802.11 frequency, but another with less noise Well, there main unlicensed bands used by hardware today are 2.4 (Full up), 5.8 (Filling), and 24.1 GHz (Relatively clear). If you want t
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by thundara 13y ago
> I would think dense wireless networks in urban areas could work You've basically described mesh networks. There are a number in cities across America, but are normally run by enthusiasts. The trouble is, in dense urban environment
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by thundara 13y ago
FTA > Mortality rates between the drug-positive group or specifically, the cocaine-positive, morphine-positive, or cannabinoid-positive groups were not significantly different from the drug-negative groups (P < .3) A number of 8.9 to
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by thundara 13y ago
> There are a bunch of books about this that you can get on Amazon. A good one I read is Overdosed America. But if you search on Amazon for 'statin' there are a lot more books that are specifically about this. Make an argument here and
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by thundara 13y ago
So much wat. > - It has zero to negative efficacy, at least for the for the vast majority of people taking it, and virtually no efficacy for the rest. Citations? This is a pretty big claim for a FDA-approved drug that was the most profi
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by thundara 13y ago
What worth would the 3d simulations produced by Blender's physics engine be? I'd imagine that they wouldn't even compare to those produced by full MD simulations, which are already of debatable correctness depending on the size of the syste
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by thundara 14y ago
That's what grad students are for.
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by thundara 14y ago
That's just playing off the terrible definition we have of "pain"
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by thundara 14y ago
Last I checked, it wasn't clear whether the amyloid plaque buildup was a cause or side effect of Alzheimer's. Has the understanding of this changed in the past four years?
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by thundara 14y ago
It's also an extremely important medical condition to treat. If you show promise of a breakthrough in treating Alzheimer's, you can save hundreds of thousands of minds every single year. With the upcoming wave of elderly in the US, the cost