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August 1st, 2019

hitchhiker: image of "don't panic" towel with a rocketship and a 42 (Default)
Thursday, August 1st, 2019 12:23 am
for some reason this cracked me up

In February 1996, the band performed a song mocking Oliver North, entitled "Ollie, Ollie, Off Scot Free", on North's own radio show. While the band was nervous prior to this performance, North's reaction was not as negative as they had expected. He didn't care very much what the song said, only that it was about him, according to Zimmerman. North also described the band as a "very weird group" and agreed to pose for a picture with them.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Foremen
hitchhiker: image of "don't panic" towel with a rocketship and a 42 (Default)
Thursday, August 1st, 2019 04:09 pm
https://pharm.ucsf.edu/kidney

The Kidney Project is a national research project with a goal to create a small, surgically implanted, and free-standing bioartificial kidney to treat end stage renal disease (ESRD).

The bioartificial kidney will give ESRD patients new hope beyond the short-term solution of renal dialysis and the longer-term, but impermanent, solution of a living kidney transplant for which donor organs are limited.

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We expect to arrive at this final stage of clinical trials by late 2021. This scenario assumes that we have sufficient funding and no unanticipated scientific, technical, or regulatory drawbacks.