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...controlling cell differentiation, movement, death and growth, they are crucial to keeping us alive. And in the surreal, over-the-top and often unintentionally humorous biomedical horror Parasite Eve, Japanese novelist Hideaki Sena depicts them as sentient beings - so indignant over our indifference that they want to wipe us out and take over the world. Of course the notion is far-fetched, but the endosymbiotic theory of mitochondria, which posits that the organelles evolved from ancient bacteria, provides Sena's gruesome fantasy with a veneer of plausibility. Given the chance, he suggests, they might want to become their own organisms...
...freshman year roommate Marvin A. Gordon ’58, “as you know, we are running low on”—and here, he drew a picture of a toilet paper roll—“Unless you’d like to wipe your rectum with dollar bills, you might well let me know when the next 50 cents is coming, or buy the stuff yourself...
...person with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), I am outraged that TIME would regard Bob and Suzanne Wright as heroes. Their group, Autism Speaks, which does not have one person with an ASD on its board, has joined with Cure Autism Now as part of a campaign to wipe ASDs out. asds are not diseases, and I think I speak for many when I say that we are happy the way we are. Autism is a genetic difference in the same vein as skin color, gender and other such categories. Phil Gluyas, Victoria, Australia...
...person with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), I am outraged that TIME would regard Bob and Suzanne Wright as heroes. Their group, Autism Speaks, which does not have anyone with an ASD on its board, has joined with Cure Autism Now as part of a campaign to wipe out ASDs. Autistic spectrum disorders are not diseases, and I think I speak for many when I say we are happy the way we are. Autism is a genetic difference in the same vein as skin color, gender and other such factors. Phil Gluyas, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA...
...person with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), I am outraged that TIME would regard Bob and Suzanne Wright as heroes. Their group, Autism Speaks, which does not have anyone with an ASD on its board, has joined with Cure Autism Now as part of a campaign to wipe out ASDs. Autistic spectrum disorders are not diseases, and I think I speak for many when I say we are happy the way we are. Autism is a genetic difference in the same vein as skin color, gender and other such factors. Phil Gluyas, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA...