GPNMB again! This protein has been important player in anti-cancer immune responses, and now it may help repair cardiac muscle. Actually, it has been known to be involved in tissue repair, so this may not be surprising to some.
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I don't understand the degree of money that it being poured into Ranked Choice Voting support, except that its supporters know how it can dethrone those with the greatest support by building up votes from the bottom by sequential accumulation. The loony bin candidates may drop out, but their votes are preserved and assigned to the next worst loony bin candidate until someone wins. That's now how it should be done. The winner is almost always someone you didn't expect to win. I guess that's by design.
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Is the AI bubble worse than the dotcom bubble? I don't think so, but I agree that many people expect it to deliver more than it's capable of doing. It will deflate some, but people will still need nuclear power, GPUs for crypto and AI models, which aren't going to go away. NVIDIA is now the world's most valuable company.
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I knew it. I was surprised when Dr. Nate Selden was going to be offered a 3 year position as OHSU's new president. Sure enough, Tina Kotek wants to pause this. It's no surprise that she's not satisfied with a cis-hetero while male. She wants a national search, probably looking for a minority female. But OHSU needs a credible leader now, not some DEI candidate. The Legacy merger is starting to fall apart and needs a capable hand at the wheel. What makes her think that a capable person will appear, and want to move to a wacko place like Oregon has become, and take the reins?
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Portland will start 2025 with hefty budget cuts. Tax base declining as people move out and business close. And wait till Antifa destroys the city when Trump is elected. Apple, Starbucks, downtown businesses – you might want to start purchasing plywood now.
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There's a new way of removing frontal lobe tumors without having to create that signature curvilinear scar right above the forehead. The tumor is removed through the eyebrow. This is a game-changer.
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