Tim's Bits and Pieces: Science http://blog.timp.com.au My personal blog, covering many random topics Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:03:54 +0200 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:03:54 +0200 http://23.fi/kukkaisvoima/ en Shortwave http://blog.timp.com.au/shortwave%3A2010-04-13%3AGadgets%2CScience http://blog.timp.com.au/shortwave%3A2010-04-13%3AGadgets%2CScience#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:03:54 +0200 TimP Gadgets Science http://blog.timp.com.au/shortwave%3A2010-04-13%3AGadgets%2CScience/ Normally bloggers get excited about the latest and greatest gadgets like the [...]]]> Normally bloggers get excited about the latest and greatest gadgets like the iPad or the latest netbook; me I'm excited about about technology that was invented in the 1920's. I was recently looking around for a battery powered radio receiver in case of emergencies, and I noticed some of the more expensive ones had Shortwave, so I ordered one. Today it arrived by courier, and it's really neat. I can receive transmissions from different parts of Asia, and all over Australia. Plus it seems to be a fairly good FM radio, which is what I actually got it for. I've already learnt a couple of things as well: 1, Sports news isn't any more interesting in a Chinese accent, and 2, there is no chance of me understanding spoken Indonesian unless I improve a lot. :-)

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A MELBOURNE baby given no chance of survival has amazed doctors after being saved with one of the biggest long shots in medical history.

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After three weeks looking for answers, biochemist Dr Rob Gianello found a research paper by German plant biologist Prof Gunther Schwarz describing how he had developed an experimental drug that was able to save mice with the disease in 2004.

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Within hours of receiving her first daily dose of cPMP (cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate), tests showed Baby Z's sulphite levels immediately dropped from near 300 to below 100. Within three days they fell to the normal level of about 10.

While it does sound like she may suffer some permanent brain damage as a result, but congratulations are still definitely in order for Doctors Gianello and Veldman and Prof Schwarz.

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