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Science Scandal Triggers Suicide, Soul-Searching in Japan
It was a success story that Japan sorely needed: a young, talented and beautiful researcher developed a cheap and simple way to grow versatile stem cells. MoreTokyo: What to See and What to SkipThis Is How TIME Explained the Atomic Bomb in 1945Iselle Weakens to Tropical Storm as Julio Barrels On NBC NewsIsrael Vows to 'Forcefully React' as Cease-Fire Ends NBC NewsCops Tampered With Pistorius Evidence, Lawyer Alleges NBC NewsThe discovery promised to usher in a new age of regenerative medicine, validated Japan as a leader in scientific research and demonstrated that even in a male-dominated society, women could excel when g...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - August 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Campbell Tags: Uncategorized haruko obokata Japan Research Science Stem Cells Suicide Yoshiki Sasai Source Type: news

How to Keep Alzheimer ’s From Bringing About the Zombie Apocalypse
I tried to kill my father for years. To be fair, I was following his wishes. He’d made it clear that when he no longer recognized me, when he could no longer talk, when the nurses started treating him like a toddler, he didn’t want to live any longer. My father was 58 years old when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He took the diagnosis with the self-deprecating humor he’d spent a lifetime cultivating, constantly cracking jokes about how he would one day turn into a zombie, a walking corpse. We had a good 10 years with him after the diagnosis. Eventually, his jokes came true. Seven years ...
Source: TIME: Health - November 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jay Newton-Small Tags: Uncategorized Alzheimer's Disease Source Type: news