Comments for just another chemistry weblog http://www.justachemblog.net notes, thoughts, and a little (science) culture while teaching chemistry Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:19:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Micelles for the Delivery of Nitric Oxide by JaHull http://www.justachemblog.net/micelles-for-the-delivery-of-nitric-oxide/comment-page-1/#comment-200 JaHull Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:19:16 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?p=1041#comment-200 Lipid micelle structural components, which is what would be left behind, would not mix well with aqueous solvents. It would be attracted to larger lipid layers in the body and seek to exist in a solution without notable water content. Once this aggregation forms, there is not direct commentary on the mode of removal, but to be approved as medical treatment it would need to be able to pass through the urea cycle and therefore be excreted. Lipid micelle structural components, which is what would be left behind, would not mix well with aqueous solvents. It would be attracted to larger lipid layers in the body and seek to exist in a solution without notable water content. Once this aggregation forms, there is not direct commentary on the mode of removal, but to be approved as medical treatment it would need to be able to pass through the urea cycle and therefore be excreted.

]]> Comment on Should the government get involved? by JaHull http://www.justachemblog.net/should-the-government-get-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-199 JaHull Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:44:08 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?p=1089#comment-199 Considering the lack of knowledge even specialists have, I do not want a group of unspecialized and incompetent paper pushers investigating something that quite frankly is not important and should be a familial issue. If you do not want your kids eating sugar, buy Corn Flakes. As for the cigarette comparison, nicotine kills and is an addicting substance, which makes it a little more of a threat to common people than sugar. False advertising is a "problem" but if you want to correct word manipulation in our society you have to go MUCH deeper than cereal boxes lying to kids and saying it is okay to eat 88% sugar, 12% other stuff for breakfast. We have a near productless economy, a healthcare and education system that would be sufficient for rodents and an inability to agree on anything that would actually assist anyone. Frankly I cannot believe that this government knows what it is doing anymore, and has not known since...oh I do not know...1916. Why make it worse with an issue that is not new nor that threatening. Corporations that lack any moral sense of honesty, in other words the average business man, on the scale of our problems rank just above slug infestation in Tennesse and just below rabid squirrels in Central Park. Considering the lack of knowledge even specialists have, I do not want a group of unspecialized and incompetent paper pushers investigating something that quite frankly is not important and should be a familial issue. If you do not want your kids eating sugar, buy Corn Flakes. As for the cigarette comparison, nicotine kills and is an addicting substance, which makes it a little more of a threat to common people than sugar.

False advertising is a “problem” but if you want to correct word manipulation in our society you have to go MUCH deeper than cereal boxes lying to kids and saying it is okay to eat 88% sugar, 12% other stuff for breakfast. We have a near productless economy, a healthcare and education system that would be sufficient for rodents and an inability to agree on anything that would actually assist anyone. Frankly I cannot believe that this government knows what it is doing anymore, and has not known since…oh I do not know…1916. Why make it worse with an issue that is not new nor that threatening. Corporations that lack any moral sense of honesty, in other words the average business man, on the scale of our problems rank just above slug infestation in Tennesse and just below rabid squirrels in Central Park.

]]> Comment on Should the government get involved? by JaHull http://www.justachemblog.net/should-the-government-get-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-198 JaHull Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:32:22 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?p=1089#comment-198 Considering the Considering the

]]> Comment on science humor by agrannas http://www.justachemblog.net/science-humor/comment-page-1/#comment-197 agrannas Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:08:50 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?page_id=1080#comment-197 Electrons violate Hund's Rule in Chuck Norris' presence: they would rather pair up for protection than be all alone in an orbital with him ... Electrons violate Hund’s Rule in Chuck Norris’ presence: they would rather pair up for protection than be all alone in an orbital with him …

]]> Comment on science humor by jpaul http://www.justachemblog.net/science-humor/comment-page-1/#comment-196 jpaul Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:38 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?page_id=1080#comment-196 Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because Chuck Norris only recognizes the element of surprise. Chuck Norris is the only human being to display the Heisenberg uncertainty principle -- you can never know both exactly where and how quickly he will roundhouse-kick you in the face. Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because Chuck Norris only recognizes the element of surprise.

Chuck Norris is the only human being to display the Heisenberg uncertainty principle — you can never know both exactly where and how quickly he will roundhouse-kick you in the face.

]]> Comment on science humor by jpaul http://www.justachemblog.net/science-humor/comment-page-1/#comment-195 jpaul Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:59:36 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?page_id=1080#comment-195 What happened to the man who was stopped for having sodium chloride and a nine-volt in his car? He was booked for a salt and battery. What happened to the man who was stopped for having sodium chloride and a nine-volt in his car?

He was booked for a salt and battery.

]]> Comment on science humor by jpaul http://www.justachemblog.net/science-humor/comment-page-1/#comment-194 jpaul Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:58:43 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?page_id=1080#comment-194 A chemist walks into a pharmacy and asks the pharmacist for some acetylsalicylic acid. The pharmacist replies, "You mean aspirin?" The chemist answers, "That's it... I can never remember that word." A chemist walks into a pharmacy and asks the pharmacist for some acetylsalicylic acid.

The pharmacist replies, “You mean aspirin?”

The chemist answers, “That’s it… I can never remember that word.”

]]> Comment on science humor by agrannas http://www.justachemblog.net/science-humor/comment-page-1/#comment-193 agrannas Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:06:47 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?page_id=1080#comment-193 A Chemical is a Substance that: An organic chemist turns into a foul odor. An inorganic chemist turns into a complex. An analytical chemist turns into a procedure. A physical chemist turns into a straight line. A biochemist turns into a helix. A chemical engineer turns into a profit. A Chemical is a Substance that:

An organic chemist turns into a foul odor.
An inorganic chemist turns into a complex.
An analytical chemist turns into a procedure.
A physical chemist turns into a straight line.
A biochemist turns into a helix.
A chemical engineer turns into a profit.

]]> Comment on New Gene Therapy Technique Provides a Breath of Fresh Air for Lung Donor Recipients by skassel http://www.justachemblog.net/new-gene-therapy-technique-provides-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-lung-donor-recipients/comment-page-1/#comment-192 skassel Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:31:17 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?p=1189#comment-192 Seems regrowing <a href="http://www.spinalcordresources.com/2009/11/enzyme-found-to-help-formation-of-new-axons/" rel="nofollow">spinal cords</a> could be next! [<em>via </em><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1552234/Enzyme-Found-To-Help-Formation-of-New-Axons" rel="nofollow">slashdot</a>] Seems regrowing spinal cords could be next! [via slashdot]

]]> Comment on New Gene Therapy Technique Provides a Breath of Fresh Air for Lung Donor Recipients by kmaghacut http://www.justachemblog.net/new-gene-therapy-technique-provides-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-lung-donor-recipients/comment-page-1/#comment-191 kmaghacut Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:03:42 +0000 http://www.justachemblog.net/?p=1189#comment-191 I find it incredible to know that the medical world has come so far in terms of advancement in sustaining organs outside the human body. I just think the next step or the most important focal point of this whole issue is to study what happens when foreign organs are placed in the human bodies. I think that scientists must focus on ways to prevent bodies from rejecting the new foreign organ transplant. An advancement in this field would certainly cause Dr. Shaf's research to make an even greater impact. I find it incredible to know that the medical world has come so far in terms of advancement in sustaining organs outside the human body. I just think the next step or the most important focal point of this whole issue is to study what happens when foreign organs are placed in the human bodies. I think that scientists must focus on ways to prevent bodies from rejecting the new foreign organ transplant. An advancement in this field would certainly cause Dr. Shaf’s research to make an even greater impact.

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