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0b110907on Myocardial infarction may be an infectious disease

What's the recommendation for someone with a hilariously high Lp(a)? Just pin LDL as low as possible?

0b110907on 'Block Everything' protests sweep across France, scores arrested

The french have really nailed protesting, see the BBQ adapted to be rolled along tram tracks to ensure you can stave off hunger mid protest: https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/tjmw8s/fr...

0b110907on Pig lung transplanted into a human

How recently were the arguments around utility in human transplantation put forward? Are religious scholars the OG biotech founders?

Good paper on the history of human/animal transplantation: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3246856/

In the 1920s, Voronoff advocated the transplantation of slices of chimpanzee testis into aged men whose “zest for life” was deteriorating, believing that the hormones produced by the testis would rejuvenate his patients.

0b110907on Study finds gaps in evidence for air-cleaning technologies to prevent infections

Do you have a more detailed writeup about how you've set this up?

0b110907on Hundreds lose water source in Colorado's poorest county with no notice

A book with stories about different people that have settled in that area https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60206504-cheap-land-colo...

Overall it seems tough living around there, large parcels of land were divided and sold 30+ years ago via mail order and land values haven' tracked inflation in a lot of cases. A lot of people moving there for a second chance or fresh start.