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Frog/Human Hybrid Cells used as surrogate of a living brain to study autism

 

In the FREAKY BUT PROMISING category,  Human-Frog Hybrids Used To Study Autism

Scientists at the University of California, Irvine, are studying the way the brain cells of among autistic people behave by fusing cells from the preserved brains of deceased patients with the eggs of a carnivorous African frog called Xenopus.

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Autism / Hurricane Doors

 

We spent a week at the beach last week.  By pure luck, our condo had these electric hurricane doors which served as a great way to keep Caroline from wandering out on the balcony.



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