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AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Australian man's Stage 4 melanoma vanished after heart surgery — then a strange new allergy appeared

A 60-year-old Australian man watched his terminal skin cancer disappear months after an unrelated heart operation, only to develop a life-threatening bee allergy he had never had before. The man, identified only as "Mr. A" in a case study published by BMJ Case Reports, had been diagnosed with Stage 4 melanoma that had already spread […] The post Australian man's Stage 4 melanoma vanished after heart surgery — then a strange new allergy appeared appeared first on American Almanac .

A 60-year-old Australian man watched his terminal skin cancer disappear months after an unrelated heart operation, only to develop a life-threatening bee allergy he had never had before. The man, identified only as "Mr. A" in a case study published by BMJ Case Reports, had been diagnosed with Stage 4 melanoma that had already spread to multiple lymph nodes, his liver, and his left thigh bone. Doctors put him on aggressive chemotherapy, but the side effects forced him to stop treatment, and the tumors had not shrunk. His prognosis was grim. At that stage of melanoma, only about 35 percent of patients survive five years. Then his heart intervened, not figuratively, but literally. A dangerously narrowed heart valve required surgery,…Open

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Scientists Propose Using Genetically Modified Ticks to Make People Allergic to Meat.

Scientists proposed genetically engineering ticks to induce allergies to red meat in the population, according to an unearthed study.

An academic paper arguing it is morally justifiable to use genetically modified ticks to spread a potentially life-threatening meat allergy has sparked widespread backlash. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Scientists proposed genetically engineering ticks to induce allergies to red meat in the population in an unearthed study. DETAIL: In a paper published by Western Michigan University last year, researchers Parker Crutchfield and Blake Hereth argued that genetically engineering ticks to spread alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) to cause allergies to red meat, in order to create a meat-free society, would be morally justified. The researchers argued that meat consumption is immoral, citing animal suffering and environmental harm. The paper has since…Open