What We’ve Cured Mice Of..

November 19, 2005

Also from SEED (whose current paper issue apparently features an article on science in China by my cousin– I seem to be stumbling across her all over the place now)… a quick survey of the afflictions we have cured in mice (which makes striking comparison to what we have not cured yet in people).

# Heart Attack, damage reversible 1996
# Cancer, cured 1997
# Baldness, cured 1998
# Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, incubation prolonged indefinitely 1999
# Sickle Cell Disease, cured 2001
# Blindness from Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, symptoms reversed 2002
# Type 1 Diabetes, cured 2003
# Parkinson’s Disease, cured 2003
# Multiple Sclerosis, symptoms reversed 2003
# Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease, progression halted 2004
# Phenylketonuria (PKU), cured 2005
# Hemophilia Type B, symptoms reversed 2005
# West Nile Virus, cured 2005
# Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), cured 2005
# Diabetic Blindness, prevented 2005

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The Science of Matching Wine & Cheese

Red, White and Bleu: Researchers use scientific methodology to pair wines and cheese.

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Lead author Marjorie King and researcher Margaret Cliff wondered whether conventional wine-cheese pairings have any scientific basis—or whether we accept them because experts tell us the pairs are correct. The study validated the concern: Even with very strong cheeses, such as bleu cheese, experts disagreed on whether the wine or the cheese dominated pairings.
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According to King, the results suggest that if you can only buy one bottle of wine for a full spread of cheeses, you should get a Riesling or a sparkling wine; those wines are the most versatile, perhaps due to their acidic content, which helps clear a taster’s pallet. Also, her research confirmed conventional pairing wisdom: Stronger cheeses pair best with strong wines.

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