(Continued from Organic Alchemistry 7: Garden of Eden)Modern-day CRISPR BabiesYep. You heard me right. I said MODERN-DAY CRISPR BABIES...as opposed to ANCIENT-DAY CRISPR BABIES. (Lookie that, I made up another word). It's not as if this sort of genetic tinkering hasn't been done throughout the musty ages of a distant past (see Organic Alchemistry 7: … Continue reading Organic Alchemistry 8: Super-genes and the Modern-day CRISPR Babies
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Vietnamese Toes
I found out something recently that was, to me, a huge revelation. I have MISSING sesamoid bones in my big toes. Let me hasten to assure you, it's not due to my clumsy nature that caused me to misplace them somewhere. I was just never born with them. I was told by my podiatrist that … Continue reading Vietnamese Toes
Old Dude’s Rice Innuendo 2: Vietica Rice
(Continued from Old Dude's Rice Innuendo 1) Four years ago, Old Dude told me not to forget the rice origins so I could understand the past. I took his advice seriously and dug around until I found the studies for ancient rice, listing Oryza rufipogon as the most likely suspect for the domestication of rice. … Continue reading Old Dude’s Rice Innuendo 2: Vietica Rice