Words about science and hiking
The inevitable has happened and a US patient was killed by a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain resistant to all available antibiotics. Just as inevitably, a swarm of news articles and blog posts appeared, claiming that the antibiotic apocalypse is now upon us and that we are beset by a plague of superbugs. Not likely. Medical and Read More …
In 1976 my brother and I set out to hike from Walker Pass to Lake Tahoe. I injured my knee and had to bail out at Onion Valley. In 2016 I finally finished this hike – here is my account in Trail Groove Magazine.
In previous posts I’ve discussed the limitations of genomics, especially as compared to other fundamental advances in biomedicine. It’s not that I think genomics is a fraud or is bad science; to the contrary, it is providing significant insights into human biology and history every day. But genomics is just one field of science among many, and Read More …