Cloning, producing genetically identical copies of a biological entity, is occurring in laboratories all across the world. We clone segments of DNA and embryonic stem cells for research in order to one day treat and cure disease. Reproductive cloning of animals not only has implications in the scientific world, but is also being done for profit. Viagen Pets can clone your […]
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I’m reading The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai. It is stirring up quite a few memories from my time as a medical student. It was 1994 when I met my first patients dying of the AIDS virus. I was a third year medical student – unworldly, eager, hopeful. This was also the year AIDS became the leading cause of death […]
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I finished Lab Girl, Hope Jahren’s award winning memoir, on New Year’s Eve. I love this book and proclaim it my favorite read of 2018! Dr. Jahren is a scientist first, but a brilliant humorist as well. It is a story of love. Love for science, love for plants, love for Bill, and eventually, love for herself. The metaphoric style […]
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I read a lot. I don’t really want to write book reviews, but I do like to discuss where a book takes me. Maybe that is why I am a book club nerd. Last Night at the Lobster, by Stewart O’nan, took me to a lot of different places. The Red Lobster is closing and it is a picture of […]
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