Margaret's Corner

Siede la terra dove nata fui
su la marina dove ‘l Po discende
per aver pace co’ seguaci sui.
Amor, ch’al cor gentil ratto s’apprende
prese costui de la bella persona
che mi fu tolta; e ‘l modo ancor m’offende.
Amor, ch’a nullo amato amar perdona,
mi prese del costui piacer sì forte,
che, come vedi, ancor non m’abbandona.
Amor condusse noi ad una [...]

Peekaboo came home yesterday and is doing well. I went to pick her up at the vet’s at 5 PM. I had to keep her separated from the other cats until this morning so I put her in my parents’ room. She was not very steady on her feet and kept bumping into things (the [...]

Tomorrow I am taking Peekaboo to the vet to be spayed. I hate to put her through the trauma, but there is no help for it. So I am a bit distracted, well, even a bit distraught, right now. I know that this is for her own good, and the others are spayed/neutered, too, but [...]

As promised, here is the chapter on glucuronidation. First, what IS it? According to Wikipedia, Glucuronidation, the conversion of chemical compounds to glucuronides, is a method that organisms use to assist in the excretion of substances that cannot be used as an energy source. Glucuronic acid [...]

In my November 22nd post, I mentioned a newly published MD Anderson study, co-authored by Prof. Aggarwal (abstract: http://tinyurl.com/35w4mn). Thanks to Sherlock (grazie mille!), I was able to read the full study, which I have read but must read again, as it is filled with so many significant details etc. My [...]

Last night I told Stefano about the Science Daily article and the paragraph that I quoted in my blog post yesterday, the one about the three to four year survival statistic, which is such hogwash (my opinion). He quoted a sonnet about statistics written by the Roman satirical poet Trilussa (real name: Carlo Alberto Salustri, [...]

Thanks to my fantastic friend Sherlock , I received a (complete) copy of the recently-published MD Anderson study on the bioavailability of curcumin, the one I mentioned yesterday in my EF24 post. I have been working on it off and on today but still have some figuring out to do. I [...]

This is my post number 200! WOW! But, even more incredible, according to my blog stats, my blog readers have left me 457 comments. Thank you all so so much.
Thanks also for all the private and public get well wishes. In fact, I feel much better today, and the [...]

Well, so much for doing research or much of anything else today. Yesterday after work I went to get vaccinated against the flu, and by early evening I had developed a terrific headache. Then I became nauseous…and will let you imagine the rest. Mamma mia! Suffice it to say that I still felt [...]

 Long day at work today, so I am pooped. Too pooped to be of any use whatsoever to the blog. Tomorrow I WILL finish and post at least one of my research pieces, though.
Thanks for the surgical mask suggestions. I don’t like to call attention to myself in public, but I might try that as [...]