Canopyflyer

@Canopyflyer@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would we be able to use the measles virus to reset the immune systems of people with autoimmune disorders like MS or rheumatoid arthritis?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because it is a LOT more complicated than that.

  Not all rheumatological diseases are due to the immune system’s memory. As a case in point, Ankylosing Spondylitis is theorized as being caused by a mis-folded HLA-B27 protein response. The mis-folded protein response is caused by cellular stress, at least that is the theory. The lead singer of Imagine Dragon Dan Reynolds suffers from this disease. So there are people out there suffering from it, it’s not just some disease out in left field no one has heard of before.

  Are there diseases that could be treated by clearing the immune system’s memory? Possibly, but there would also be consequences for that as well. Mainly, because the actual method by which the memory works is not completely understood.

  Disclaimer: My wife is a Rheumatologist that does both basic research and clinical work. What I wrote above is based on what I have gleaned from her over the years. Any mistakes or misconceptions are strictly mine. I’m just an old IT guy and have never studied medicine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gringos out here wilin'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That photo is from when the gas main blew up right?

  I was working at AmFam at the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm.

  Am old.

  Scored a zero.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Older Gen X’er here.

  This list was basically a Tuesday for me back in the day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You guys have to end it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone that literally spent 25 years driving a manual, including various stints in racing. Manuals have seen their day.

  It used to be if you wanted better mileage, you drove a manual. If you wanted to be faster on the track, drive a manual (caveat there is drag racing.)

  Today? The computer is just better at controlling a transmission. I drive a Camry Hybrid now and not having shifts is REALLY weird and the drone getting up to highway speeds is annoying, but I do like the 45mpg. Not to mention, when I sat down to learn how the Toyota Hybrid Drive works… It’s a pretty clever system.

  There are a lot of times that nostalgia gets the better of me and I wish I had a car with a manual. My oldest is possibly joining a skating team that is a 2 hour drive away. It’s tempting to let him use my car and then buy an older manual for myself as a toy. I’d love to get a hold of another mid-80’s Corolla GT-S. I autocrossed one back in the late 80’s early 90’s. It still remains my favorite car I’ve ever owned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Badgers⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL!

  I’ve lived in Wisconsin since 2006 and did not know that.

  Thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Badgers⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wisconsinite here where the badger is native and the mascot for the University of Wisconsin is the Badger.

  This meme is inaccurate.

  The American Badger will also remove your kidneys and sell them on the black market as well, to support their meth habit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sustained Two-Shot⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So is CinemaStix going away now?

  I thought that was the same guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨car insurance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I personally know someone who totaled 4 cars before turning 18. He literally treated the gas as an on/off switch.

  So people that bad at driving are out there.

  Truth be told, drivers here in the US are TOTALLY untrained for the most part. My oldest is currently in driver’s Ed and it is a joke, in regards to actually how to drive a car. I have spent a lot of time training him as I have a long history taking racing and advanced driving courses. I’ve held SCCA and FIA racing licenses and I have taken some courses that are usually reserved for police officers The only problem is I do not feel that I’m a very good teacher for him. But he has picked up some things, even if he isn’t up for threshold or trail braking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expertise⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that this is the Internet.

  But how about this one time, we all converse as adults.

  How does that sound?

  An adult response would have been:

  “Virtually all European universities require a Masters to attain a PhD.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expertise⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone should have told my wife’s program that.

  But I can understand how that would happen.

  Today she’s looking to stress cells in a lab to promote a mis-folded protein response that mimics how it happens in the body. At least that’s how far my IT guy understanding goes. She’s found herself running a BSL 3 lab working with nasty micro organisms and that is not her field. It’s just the path her research lead he down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expertise⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Where do you need a Masters to attain a PhD? Honest question, I just never heard of it before.

  My wife attained her MD/PhD from the University of Chicago/Pritzker and does not have a Masters. She’s on the MD/PhD committee for her university and they do not require anything other than a BS in the field of study.

  With that said, it probably isn’t much of a stretch to just get a Masters in the way to a PhD.

  Me? I’m depriving some poor village of its idiot. I have a BS and that’s it.