Thursday, March 2, 2017

Collection

Well, NPR is trying to make me fall in love with them today.

This story may only be exciting for ME, as a sufferer, but as we get into the warm-and-itchy season of eczema, I'm interested in research and treatments. I've heard of nemolizumab in a rash (har) of ads for a drug for psoriasis, and even wondered why psoriasis seems to get all the attention. Well, it seems it has been looked at for eczema too. For now, I'll stick with my old standby, but I'll keep an eye open as this progresses.

A little splotch of history

"How much would you expect to pay for ALL THIS ... mold?" As astonished as I am that developer-of-penicillin Alexander Fleming's mold was preserved at all, the price tag astonished me just a little more. The writing here is HILARIOUS, it's a fun piece - give it a click ... and discover the many luminaries who have also owned a piece of the mold.

Other projects that were vying for Lego production included depictions of the Addams Family Mansion and the Large Hadron Collider.

Plastic Figures. Legos! Legos immortalizing just a few of the women of NASA!


2 comments:

Lilac Shoshani said...

I'm so glad there are new treatments for eczema, Diane! :-)
I also felt astonished that Alexander Fleming's mold was preserved, and the price tag was indeed a tad more astonishing. Haha… ;-)

DLM said...

Of course, "medical breakthroughs" in the media set off my skeptic's alarm, but I still keep an eye peeled.

Thank you for coming by!