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I hold the opinion that every scientific breakthrough in the hands of a crazy few, can be used inappropriately. But should the notion "playing god" hamper us from advancing researches which can lead to restoration of lost fauna and a possible continuation of human life?

Explorers:
De-extinction.




De-extinction is what it sounds like the resurrection

De-extinction raises the ethical problem of bringing an extinct species into a completely transformed world that they might not be able to tolerate or survive in.

Furthermore, the possibility of bringing back a species that may never live again in the wild seems like a waste of resources.

The money to fund these projects might be better used to help protect other species from extinction instead of playing God.

The idea of bringing back species may be exciting, but it also raises questions on what to do if Neanderthals were brought back.

In the future, it may be possible to use CRISPR to produce Neanderthals by using us or chimps as surrogate mothers.

This would probably cause a lot of suffering as many cloned individuals are prone to health problems and often die young.

Additionally, life likely would be hard as a modern-day Neanderthal.

My niggah !!!

If corruption doesn't kill Nigeria, religion will....

Every year Mecca and Jerusalem , yet Nigeria is Hell..

Dana Lewis has Type 1 diabetes, which means her pancreas doesn’t work the way it should: It doesn’t make the insulin she needs to survive.

So, she built a new one.

It’s not a biological organ. Lewis’ artificial pancreas system (APS) is an open-source computer system that monitors her blood sugar level and gives her body insulin as needed, building on the insulin pump and glucose monitor that she’s been using for years.

Now, Lewis is known as the founder of the open source APS and leads a community of DIY diabetes patients who are constantly innovating new technology to help manage the condition.

She’s built a technology that is already changing and saving the lives of people with Type 1 diabetes, and she made it happen years before commercial devices have reached the market.
Lewis started working on OpenAPS two years ago, and at first, she didn’t intend to build a computer system at all.

Like thousands of other people with Type 1 diabetes, Lewis was using a continuous glucose monitor to track her blood sugar level around the clock.


And because she can’t keep track of her blood sugar level around the clock, her levels would still spike or drop without her noticing, when she was exercising or after a big meal, for example. She would only realize afterward when her monitor sounded the alarm.

So Lewis thought: Why not program a computer to keep track of this? She teamed up with her boyfriend to develop an algorithm that automates all the math she does every day and also takes initiative to stop her blood sugar level from spiking.

Now Lewis’s APS monitors her blood sugar around the clock and reacts with very little input from her. It’s made up of her glucose monitor, her insulin pump and a small hardware rig built on an Intel Edison computer.


The Open Source Artificial Pancreas system includes a commercial insulin pump (top left) and continuous glucose monitor (bottom left). The brains of the system are in a hardware rig (right) composed of a small computer, radio stick and battery.(GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)
“I went from being afraid to go to sleep at night and having to text my mom every morning as my safety balance to — I don’t have to do that anymore,” she said. “Until you have that fear, it’s really hard to articulate what a burden that has lifted off of you.”

“It’s not a cure, but it helps so much and it cuts down immensely on the number of lows and highs that I experience, and that security is just priceless,” she said.




Source: https://www.geekwire.com/2017/health-tech-podcast-one-woman-built-artificial-pancreas-started-diy-movement/

Am not black am OJ, Okayyyy!!!

Damn, this band got me through hard times..

RIP Chester!!

Does she come with the travel package ?

You want to increase the tariff of darkness?
Wey my disco dey use generator for their office.

The suffering continues even after passing away..
If hell does exist , it's capital is Abuja, Lucifer is a Nigerian and other variables constant. x = the president

Biko find x ..

itsdumebi:
Quoting him;

“As long as I remain an APC member, I will continue to espouse the ideas and good qualities of President Muhammadu Buhari,''.

Political Akuna, without clearcut ideology...

Love is love...

Hunger bad oh!!! My country people no see the humour..

When you think you have seen it all...

Dear man of god,
Anything short of palm wine in a plastic bottle, my 1kobo wouldn't kiss your palm..

Hexilon:
Balogun of Owu talking about the abrahamic god..

Frankly speaking " Baba should have taken MKO's place in our history book..

Balogun of Owu talking about the abrahamic god..
Frankly speaking " Baba should have taken MKO's place in our history books..

Senator Bukar Ibrahim is a morally bankrupt, self righteous party "3-some or orrrgy" loving slowpoke.

Cc SCID YOBE
Cc Federal SARS
Cc DSS

I am in my house, come pick me up.. IDIOTS!!!!

This one is on the FRSC , NPA, the trucking company etc.. In fact, in sane climes na serious market una buy..

IDIOTS!!!!

Most women never report date rapes. Its rather sad a man deems it proper to have a go at it without consent.
I keep wondering were you all download this sperm-wares...

Lovely.

Fear done finish for your blood.

I see lots of predictions.