Humanity

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meiosis in sperm cells

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Skin maceration on the palms from prolonged immersion in water. This decedent lay submerged in water from January to March.

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deformutilations:

Arachnodactyly or “spider fingers”, is a condition in which the fingers are abnormally long and slender in comparison to the palm of the hand.

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outoftheimmensity:

In honor of World AIDS days, here is the abstract for a journal article published 2 days ago about the potential role gene therapy could play in the prevention of HIV transmission. (click the image)
(via Nature)

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alicell:

Pelviureteric junction stenosis

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Articulated skull, detail (by Curious Expeditions)

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forensicsandpathology:

Frostbite.

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jtotheizzoe:

Gasoline.
Diesel.
Jet Fuel.
All three of these transportation fuels have now been created by engineered E. coli bacteria that feed on switchgrass, a renewable source of biomass. By inserting genes into the bacteria that can digest the cellulose in the plant matter, and through even more metabolic engineering, shift that carbon into high-energy fuel hydrocarbons. Read the open-access research article here at PNAS.
Our biofuels can’t compete with our food sources (looking at you, corn ethanol), and these advanced methods are the next generation sources we’ve been looking for. There’s a few catches in this study, like whether the pre-treatment methods and all that are scalable, but YAY BIOFUELS!
(via Berkeley Lab News Center, image of E. coli via Wikimedia)

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On November 19th, in Shannxi province, Cao Xiaoming used gasoline to seriously burn and disfigure his 3-year-old daughter because of family problems. The child’s mother says that before the incident, her former husband had left a message saying “I want to die, and I’m going to take the baby with me”.

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homofuck:

Few congenital birth defects are as disturbing to the eyes (and souls) of its witnesses than Harlequin Ichthyosis - commonly known as Harlequin Fetus. In this rare genetic disorder, which occurs in 1 in 300,000 births, babies are born with a massive horny shell of dense platelike scales and contraction abnormalities of the eyes, ears, mouth and appendages. Basically, wherever a fold would normally occur in a newborn baby, these poor souls have cracks.
The condition was first documented in South Carolina by Reverend Oliver Hart:
“On Thursday, April ye 5, 1750, I went to see a most deplorable object of a child, born the night before of one Mary Evans in ‘Chas’town. It was surprising to all who beheld it, and I scarcely know how to describe it. The skin was dry and hard and seemed to be cracked in many places, somewhat resembling the scales of a fish. The mouth was large and round and open. It had no external nose, but two holes where the nose should have been. The eyes appeared to be lumps of coagulated blood, turned out, about the bigness of a plum, ghastly to behold. It had no external ears, but holes where the ears should be. The hands and feet appeared to be swollen, were cramped up and felt quite hard. The back part of the head was much open. It made a strange kind of noise, very low, which I cannot describe. It lived about forty-eight hours and was alive when I saw it.”
Most babies born with this condition die within the first few hours or days after birth from the undernourishment caused by the rigidity of the lips, and underventilation and pneumonia because of respiratory distress. Abnormal water loss through the skin and poor temperature regulation lead to risk for infection beginning in the skin as well.
You’ve probably noticed the absolutely horrendous condition of the eyes of the above left infant. In Harlequin Fetuses, the free edges of the upper and lower eyelids are everted, leaving the eyes at risk for desiccation and trauma. The term “harlequin” derives from the newborn’s facial expression and the triangular and diamond-shaped pattern of hyperkeratosis. The newborn’s mouth is pulled wide open, mimicking a clown’s smile. The underlying biochemical and genetic abnormality is not understood.