Month: August 2017

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is Real and Detectable Via New Blood Test

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), is a disease characterized by extreme exhaustion, achiness, brain fog and difficulties sleeping among other symptoms that are exasperated by physical activity. More than 1 million people in the United States are estimated to suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, with three out of every four patients being women. Doctors have struggled for decades to know how to diagnose or treat the symptoms adequately and there is no known cure. There has even been controversy about whether CFS is even a legitimate separate disease and the added frustration that doctors...

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Amazon Tests-Out Robotic Shipping Clerks That Identify and Pack Objects

Amazon continues to find better ways to improve the back end of their delivery system to meet customer demand and cut costs too.  The giant online retailer is opening new warehouses and distribution centers.   And they just announced they’re going to hire 5,000 home-based workers to join its customer service, teams.  The pay isn’t great at $10, but the hours are flexible and will come with full benefits, with more details and the application process here.  But in the future, it looks like Amazon will not be hiring many new shipping clerks, as that job will go to robots.  That is when...

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First Human Embryos Genetically Modified With CRISPR in U.S. Raises Concerns

CRISPR (see the video with a simple explanation at bottom of post) has become one of the most essential tools to do genome engineering used by biologists for deleting, replacing or otherwise editing DNA.  The CRISPR system utilizes a modified bacterial protein and a RNA that guides it to a specific DNA sequence with peerless control over genes in humans and many other species.  Researchers in Portland Oregon led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University, are the latest to announce they have shown they can favorably modify the DNA of human embryos using CRISPR.  Their research recently published...

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Study Predicts 95% Chance of Major Global Warming Event

It is interesting to find so called respected scientists that insist either global warming doesn’t exist or the later argument that if it does that our carbon emissions are not the cause.  What is staring us in the face is that 2016 is the 3rd year in a row of record high surface temperatures since modern recordkeeping began in 1880 according to NASA.  All part of an 80 year or more long warming trend that has already slowly raised earth’s temperature. Well if we do nothing or very little like our current U.S. leadership seems to be steering us toward, things are...

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