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I did not see your post before. We must have been writing at the same time. Great teamwork (or whatever)! :wave: Corruption is also a big, big obstacle to economic growth.

Is it not the other way around? Traditional genetics holds that DNA -> RNA -> protein. This is still very much true but modern genetics also holds that there are lots of factors that determine which genes are active and which are not. This is called gene regulation and the science is called...

I was thinking of really poor countries in Africa. They have malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, parasites, and so on, and so forth. Because of many people remaining constantly sick and work-incapacitated, other people have to do the work and take care of the sick. Therefore, they are getting nowhere...

This is my story. I come from a cold country in Northern Europe and was born with 50% hearing in one ear only (diagnosed at the age four rather). I had quite many friends in school. I was never bullied regularly by kids in my class or by professors. Some other kids used to tease sometimes...

Naisho, one thing that you should know is how quickly this is moving. The regular bloke in the street (and a lot of scientists too) are completely unaware of this. The cost of DNA sequencing for example is falling by 20-90% per year, and it is probably >50%/year right now. Take a look here...

Same here, discovered this site a week ago. Definitely. It feels like being an orphan or adoptee and discovering your roots. This forum is a gold mine of information. I do not want dwell too much on this, but I would like to discover a little bit about the deaf community and HOH...

There most certainly is, but it is only experimental and you have to be a lab rat: Diabetic rats cured with their own stem cells - health - 07 October 2011 - New Scientist Diabetes is a complex disease. You can treat it to some extent, but maintaining your blood sugar level similar to...

Thanks for pointing that out and I respect your opinion. I started with the idea that both deaf and HOH are quite similar. As for myself, I hear nothing in public at all when people speak. I never pick up what someone standing next to me is saying in a store for example. I can speak with a...

You have a point. Poverty causes disease, but I am also sure that disease causes poverty. The influence and augment each other. It is some kind of spiral. But if you want to get of them both, you have to start somewhere with both or either of them.

It seems to me like we are on the same frequency. Diabetes is manageable but not to fool around with. One advantage is that I got the opportunity do to research (genetics) which is inspiring and feels like revenge in a sense. It says that revenge is sweet and I hope to live to the moment when...

I had to reeducate myself as well. It started with economics at a good university. But I got nowhere after graduation. I started doing maths and statistics and working part time and full time on and off at various universities before moving onto a steady occupation. Having a disability (50%...

You got me. You will not die from it - definitely. Perhaps I meant that deafness is not a disease but it has got awkward social implications. I am diabetic (type 1) too, so maybe I was thinking about that too when writing my previous posts. Diabetes type 1 is lethal immediately if not treated...

I am sure that there are. Old adversaries such as malaria and tuberculosis were not caught by the health care revolution brought about by vaccines and penicillin developed from the 40's to 60's. To date only smallpox has been eradicated and two more diseases, guinea worms and polio, are close to...

OK. That is why CIs are not too much fun yet. I have always wondered why formerly deaf people were not entirely satisfactory. But one day that may change. Ha, ha... But only for now. future technology = aspiration

For those who are interested, I managed to find these videos on growing organs in a lab. Anthony Atala on growing new organs | Video on TED.com Anthony Atala: Printing a human kidney | Video on TED.com Here is video on the difficulty of communicating with cells in the nervous system and...

I am not an audiologist or anything. I think that we have to understand how the nervous system works properly before making cochlear implants useful. As far as I understand, no cochlear implant has ever been better than two normal ears

In the video that I posted before, Juan Enriquez speaks about growing organs using existing cells. Check this: Juan Enriquez shares mindboggling science | Video on TED.com, [10:50-12:30]. We can probably use organs grown in a lab for blood transfusion, organ transplants, skin transplants...

Glasses are a nice mechanical device to make people see. If there is a problem with the cells themselves, then you are stuck both when it comes to vision and hearing. It is nice to see electronics devices being fitted to communicate with biological cells. That solves the problems that...

I was very impressed when I saw the video. A lot is happening and progress is being made. People don't believe anything until they see it, so I know what you mean. As an example, no one would believe a few decades ago that more than half of all people on Earth could have a mobile, but now they...

I would like to hear what people - whether hearing or not - have to say about that you will be able to hear better with cochlear implants in the future. As a matter of fact, hear so well that it supersedes normal hearing with two ears. Our technology is getting better than our biology. The...