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In extreme parenthood you don’t understand things. You just get used to them.
In extreme parenthood you don’t understand things. You just get used to them. Me
Why parents can’t stop cuddling little Rhys
Why parents can’t stop cuddling little Rhys Jean Parry, South Wales Echo A YEAR ago Rhys Harris’ family dared not think about 2008. Each and every day was a fight for little Rhys, as he battled with a rare genetic condition called Nemo, which attacks the immune system. Even after the six-year-old had a life-saving…
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by…
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.”~Robert Frost
Daley takes Japanese stemcell breakthrough a step further
PARIS (AFP) — A team of American scientists reported Sunday that they had widened the scope of a Japanese breakthrough in stem cells that many experts have hailed as the greatest medical achievement of 2007. In November, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University and colleagues announced they had reprogrammed human skin cells to have the multiple…
The Genome: A One-Minute Explanation
Miracle boy Rhys stuns doctors after life-saving op via icWales
by Nathan Bevan, Wales On Sunday IT’S the Christmas they thought he’d never see. This time last December the parents of little Rhys Harris were told that because of an ultra-rare genetic illness their son would have less than a year to live. But now the courageous six-year-old from Newbridge has amazed doctors by being…
Drake’s Story via Children’s Hospital Trust
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Katie and Christopher Trebing via ABC News
Rare Bone Marrow Disease With Only One Cure Family Uses Genetic Engineering to Save Daughter’s Life There was one way to cure Katie and allow her to live a normal life: a bone marrow transplant from a perfectly matched sibling. But Katie’s older brother Calvin was not a match. They would need to give…
Medical Myth
People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day We use only 10% of our brains Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death Shaving hair causes it to grow back faster, darker, or coarser Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight Eating turkey makes people especially drowsy Mobile phones create considerable electromagnetic…