Monday, March 10, 2008

On Viral Treatments for Cancer

"Specifically, they have modified a virus and injected it into mice with several kinds of inoperable brain cancer. Three days later, the tumors were gone."

I think I saw this movie, too. Everybody died. Notice a theme? I slept through large portions of high school biology, but I seem to remember something about viruses and rapid, unpredictable mutations.

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Monday, March 3, 2008

How I Know I'm on the Right Track

I probably should have predicted this: within hours of my starting a strict eating program the girl scout cookies I ordered in the fall have arrived. That sort of reinforces that I made a good decision. It always seems to be that obstacles spring up at the moment I commit to a positive change.