MCM

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Graduated with a B.S. in Biology, Minors in Chemistry and English Literature from the University of Utah.

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Mar 18	reviewed	Reject suggested edit on Do hormone drugs affect whether a person feels sexual attraction to males or females?
Mar 18	reviewed	Reject suggested edit on What is the biological mechanism underlying caffeine intolerance? (CYP1A2 or other?)
Mar 17	comment	Agony, Hydrophobia and viruses in the light of evolutionary principles I'm with Kevin. These seem like separate questions. To give you an idea of the first - Evolution via Natural Selection doesn't really 'care' how you die, as long as you've passed on your genes (reproduced) beforehand.
Mar 17	awarded	human-biology
Mar 15	answered	If fever is a natural immune defense, why do people take drugs to lower it?
Mar 15	reviewed	Reject suggested edit on Might a previously administered MPSV4 vaccine react with a newly administered MCV-4 vaccine?
Mar 14	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Might a previously administered MPSV4 vaccine react with a newly administered MCV-4 vaccine?
Mar 14	answered	Is there an animal which, when eaten by other animal, poisons the predator and gets out of it's stomach?
Mar 14	comment	What part of the cactus photosynthesizes? Since photosynthesis is correlated with chlorophyll, I'm guessing the green part.
Mar 6	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Number of reading frames in nucleotide sequence
Mar 5	answered	Is there a strong reason to be sceptical about the “cured HIV patient” being reported by mainstream media?
Mar 3	comment	Exercise causes number of cell divisions to approach Hayflick limit faster? And hence shorten life expectancy? I don't know about the Hayflick limit in humans, but Olympic-class athletes tend to live longer than average, as long as it wasn't a contact sport: well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/live-as-long-as-an-olympian
Mar 3	answered	Formation of ammonia from air and moisture
Mar 2	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on How does this diagram illustrate carbon cycling in lakes?
Mar 2	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Why do dendritic cells have CD4/CD8 on their surface?
Feb 26	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on diy-biology tag wiki excerpt
Feb 23	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Physiological indicators of happiness and well being
Feb 23	reviewed	Reject suggested edit on When can I assume individuals marrying into a pedigree are non-carriers?
Feb 23	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Polymerase Observations
Feb 22	comment	Can this theory on the evolution of human appearance be flawed? What he's getting at is called homogeneity, for future reference. At least, I think so. 'Completely average looks' means very little in a biological context since evolution works on a genetic scale.