“Some of the most interesting findings in science happen on fishing exhibitions. No, I don’t mean going out on a boat (although lots of cool things have been found that way); I mean just gathering lots of data and seeing what you can find.
Something really interesting came out of just such a project from the lab of Dr. Mike Snyder at Stanford University. He set out to study himself in every way possible over a period of a few years. His lab looked at his DNA, how his DNA was being used, what sorts of things were in his blood, what his immune system was doing and lots more. His lab also then determined how these things changed over the course of the experiment.
One of the most fascinating things to come out of this study so far was actually a bit of a lucky break (for science, not for Mike). Over the course of the experiment, Mike developed type 2 diabetes. And not only did we get to pretty much watch this happen in real time, but we also got to see that it might have been caused in a totally unexpected way—a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. To my knowledge, this is the first time the progression to type 2 diabetes has been seen to be caused by a virus and also seen in such detail.”
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Viruses are tiny organisms that may lead to mild to severe illnesses in humans, animals and plants. This may include flu or a cold to something more life threatening like low-carbing.
Are viruses alive? Viruses by themselves are not alive. They cannot grow or multiply on their own and need to enter another website and take over the website to help them multiply.
The virus particle or the virions (AKA arselickers)attack the website and take over its machinery to carry out their own life processes of multiplication and growth. An infected cell will produce viral particles instead of its usual products.
By far and away the most serious virus known to man is the Gezzavirus. The virus quickly turns into the chronic condition known as Cretinopathy. Victims imagine themselves to be diabetics, with a compulsive need to make ludicrous claims of “diabetes resolved” on diabetes forums. A common trait is to claim a different carb intake almost every time they post. Very often the disease leads to compulsive changing of avatars and signature information. This condition should not be confused with the less serious “fat ex copper that used to a mod” syndrome. Although the diseases appear to be similar, Cretinopathy is infinitely more serious, and is considered to be untreatable. Please be aware the Gezzavirus is highly contagious and sufferers are best avoided.
Eddie
I always try to avoid people wearing blue scarves. I find the practice threatening to my way of like. The die used to obtain the colour is possibly obtained from some cyanide derivative. Blue scarf wearers are all doomed! I heard a rumour that we will all soon be forced to wear blue scarves. We are all doomed!
Where did this dreadful threat to humanity arise? What was its purpose? Oh really? To keep us warm in the winter and stop us getting sore throats? I see But why blue ? I hate blue-it scares me! What’s that ? It doesn't have to be blue - we can wear any colour we like - or none at all if we prefer?
Oh. Now what I am going to write about? I know. The dreadful threat posed by the prevalence over the black umbrella! That’s it!
Its my duty to warn everyone.....
Kath
Back in the real world - it is perfectly possible that there are many triggers for T2 and that is why one trigger has now been discovered. It often seems to be the case that stress -either emotional or physical leads to a diagnosis but the condition may have been pre-existing. Finding one common trigger might have made treatment or prevention easier but things are rarely so simple.
Kath
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