Company name: StemLifeLine Website: http://www.stemlifeline.com/ Sales pitch: A novel service for individuals who have undergone in vitro fertilization, fulfilled their childbearing needs and now have to decide what to do with their remaining stored embryos. We can help transform these embryos into individual stem cell lines that our clients may one day use to create…
Author: Andres Trevino
Conner is officially engrafted!
This from Conners parents: UPDATE: WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT CONNER IS 100 PERCENT ENGRAFTED!!!! ALL OF THE CELLS WORKING SO HARD ARE DORY’S AND IF HE STAYS HEALTHY AND WITH A LITTLE GOOD LUCK HIS TRANSPLANT WILL BE A SUCCESS! CONNER IS OFFICIALLY CURED OF HIS NEMO DEFICIENCY! …
The Effects of Bone Marrow Transplantation on Infant Psychosocial Development
I received this information today. APA stands for American Psychological Association and they just had a convention in San Francisco where a researcher, Dr. Ruthruff presented the following: Ruthruff L, et al “The Effects of Bone Marrow Transplantation on Infant Psychosocial Development” American Psychological Association Convention Program 2007; Session 2300, p 191. This study was published as…
Prayers for Rhys
This from Rhys Dad, “Unfortunately Rhys was admitted into hospital yesterday, it looks as if the TB Avium is rearing its ugly head, his body has done so well in keeping it at bay for so long.” Boys with some types of NEMO have a big risk for mycobacterium infections. Rhys was supposed to go to…
MPs call for embryo change to allow ‘saviour siblings’ @ The Independent
MPs call for embryo change to allow ‘saviour siblings’ By Colin Brown Published: 01 August 2007 Restrictions on the use of embryo technology to produce “saviour siblings” with parts that can be used to treat brothers or sisters should be eased, a group of peers and MPs will say today. They will call on…
Plane Clean Air Filter
Great invention for Molysomophobics (like me after 700+ days in the hospital).. Molysmophobia / Molysomophobia refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of dirt or contamination. And not only for Molysomophobics, every plane should have a lot of this gadgets. During plane travel you’re breathing the exact same air as everyone else for several hours… Here’s what you…
Great invention – Brush and rinse
Brush your teeth and then rinse with the same tool. What a great invention! Here’s the inventor website.
New look!
This is the new look of my blog! Includes some new cool options that I’m learning about.. And I’ve decided to bring back some entries that were “embargoed” during negotiations with one book publishing agent. Andres
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
More about Carlos Salinas de Gortari via Wikipedia here. More autographs here.
Message for Conner
Dear Conner, We’re thinking about you constantly. It seems that your cells lack the ability to produce a protein called “nuclear factor kappa B” and are not able to send defense signals to the cell nucleus. The cells from your donor will restore the function of your blood cells, they will come in a plastic…