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Archive for January, 2012
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Gene Therapy “Cures” Dog Blindness Again
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 2 CommentsBack in 2001, scientists first treated inherited blindness in dogs using gene therapy. In that instance it was Congenital Stationary Night Blindness which manifests in Briards and is analogous to... -
Bio-Sensor is Bad Science: Quackery
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 34 CommentsDog culture is lazy and unoriginal, and profoundly stagnant. The desire for easy answers, simplistic how-tos and formulas for success is rampant. Just do this one simple thing! Breeders eschew... -
Unexpected Leonberger Diversity
Posted on January 16, 2012 | 50 CommentsLeonberger history suggests that they should not be a genetically diverse breed. Although they were formed as a hodgepodge of large continental dogs a little over a century ago, two... -
This Is Not A Pipe
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 33 CommentsIt is the nature of Evolution and the human mind to repurpose what exists into what could be: to innovate, experiment, and sometimes to improve. The fate of such change... -
Usage Drift
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 6 CommentsThe development of the humble toothpick and the development of the dog share an amazing amount of symmetry. You might find the prototype of the cocktail stick in the reeds... -
Species Porn
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 26 CommentsAfter the smashing success of my Multiple Orcasms post which still brings considerable daily traffic to the blog from furries looking for orca and vore themed pornography, I couldn’t resist... -
Those Inbred Lab Mice
Posted on January 1, 2012 | 82 CommentsThe Pure Blood Brigade™ (licensed for use from Jess Ruffner) will sometimes invoke laboratory mice as the go-to example of a perfectly healthy inbred population. Here’s a quote from NSDTR-apologist...
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