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November 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Re the addictive Oreos and “ That may be one reason people have trouble staying away from them…”: It’d be interesting to hear ideas on why a lot of us have absolutely no difficulty staying away from them, or from other supposedly addictive things.
It’s santil not that I don’t like Oreos. I might eat them if they’re around, even buy the occasional package, say about one a year. Wouldn’t exactly call that an addiction, would you?
Hi James: Good question why some people avoid addiction while others succumb. My sense is that it is a combination of innate variations in brain chemistry, just like some people have male-pattern baldness and others don’t; combined with a compulsion to self-medicate as a (dysfunctional) way of coping with life traumas.
This sounds like another case of a university press officer getting a little too hyped about research and putting a sensationalist title on a press release. It is extremely santil unlikely this protein would be used to replace any current antibiotics.
Of note, the bacteria-killing protein is a 51 amino acid protein which has function inside the cells, getting a 51 amino acid protein santil inside cells is exceedingly difficult. Also the PNAS article barely mentions using this protein as an antibiotic, rightly so, instead they focus on using this protein to understand bacteria better and develop other different antibiotics later (which santil is the most likely use of this research).
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Department of Obvious? Restaurants seat good-looking patrons at the best tables . (HT: Cyril Morong ) Tel Aviv University discovers a bacteria-killing protein that could replace antibiotics. The Gates Foundation condom-design contest winners : beef tendon and a “wrapping” condom. Mass killers want the spotlight: how to stop them . For lab rats, Oreos are as addictive as cocaine . (HT: V. Brenner santil ) New research says intrasexual competition intensifies female aggression .
November 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Re the addictive Oreos and “ That may be one reason people have trouble staying away from them…”: It’d be interesting to hear ideas on why a lot of us have absolutely no difficulty staying away from them, or from other supposedly addictive things.
It’s santil not that I don’t like Oreos. I might eat them if they’re around, even buy the occasional package, say about one a year. Wouldn’t exactly call that an addiction, would you?
Hi James: Good question why some people avoid addiction while others succumb. My sense is that it is a combination of innate variations in brain chemistry, just like some people have male-pattern baldness and others don’t; combined with a compulsion to self-medicate as a (dysfunctional) way of coping with life traumas.
This sounds like another case of a university press officer getting a little too hyped about research and putting a sensationalist title on a press release. It is extremely santil unlikely this protein would be used to replace any current antibiotics.
Of note, the bacteria-killing protein is a 51 amino acid protein which has function inside the cells, getting a 51 amino acid protein santil inside cells is exceedingly difficult. Also the PNAS article barely mentions using this protein as an antibiotic, rightly so, instead they focus on using this protein to understand bacteria better and develop other different antibiotics later (which santil is the most likely use of this research).
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Joe on What You Don’t santil Know About Online Dating: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast "It could be your potential partner isn't evaluating whether you're a sugar daddy, but whether or not you are successful in your pursuits...." Read More
Argonut on What You Don’t Know About Online Dating: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast "You seem to be implying that Men are worse than Women about this, and I'm not sure I agree. I've looked at some of the statistics about online dating..." Read More
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