Archive for November, 2007
From Mighty Mice to Mighty Humans
On Tuesday, I wrote a post about studies that have been done by researchers that have, either accidentally or purposefully, modified mice to have extraordinary characteristics beyond those of their wild counterparts. In one study on metabolism, scientists modified the genes in their subjects to yield a mouse that displayed evidence of increased athletic [...]
Mighty Mice?
One of my favorite cartoons as a youth was, “Mighty Mouse,” a story about a mouse who had transformed himself into a superhero during a dire time in his town, where cats ruled and bullied his friends into submission. He spent one night in a supermarket, cleaning himself with super soap, eating super foods [...]
Thanksgiving Lethargy?
As I sat and watched TV on Thursday night after a fantastic Thanksgiving meal, I contemplated Friday’s blog entry and decided not to do it because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Besides, upon awakening on Friday morning, I found myself in a haze, I presumed due to the amino acid tryptophan, something that our body [...]
Leveraging Marijuana for Medical Benefits
Rarely does a drug elicit such a variety of responses as those associated with marijuana. Long defined as illegal for recreational use in this country, marijuana has a strange acceptance through its underground proliferation in the United States, yet few will publicly admit to using the drug, or at least in former President Clinton’s [...]
FDA Balancing Act
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come under a lot of scrutiny lately over safety concerns of approved drugs that were on the market but had to be recalled because of some serious adverse events reported by their customers. We can view mainly Merk’s Vioxx as the catalyst for this interest and examination [...]
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