05 December 2023 – PDD, meaning persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) may be underlaying this indifferently lingering “Meh” feeling we all may have or are living through at times. “Meh” is a colloquial interjection used as an expression of indifference or boredom. It is …

PDD: Are we all suffering from it? In one way or the other? Read more »

November 25, 2023 – Sickle cell anemia  is an inherited disease of red blood cells (erythrocytes). It belongs to the group of hemoglobinopathies (hemoglobin disorders) and leads to corpuscular hemolytic anemia. Affected people have a mutation in the hemoglobin β …

Sickle cell anemia: Genetic scissors drug approved for first time Read more »

24 October 2023 – Is ChatGPT Smarter Than A Primary Care Physician (PCP)? This is the question asked in a recent study out of Scotland, published in JMIR Medical Education. ChatGPT, which stands for “Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer”, is a …

Is ChatGPT Already Smarter Than A Primary Care Physician (PCP)? Read more »

October 14, 2023 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various areas of medicine, especially in the identification and analysis of medical phenotypes of patients. Thasso has previously published articles on this topic, once regarding genetics and the recognition of common …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing early skin cancer detection Read more »

October 08, 2023 – I discovered this article on  September 05, 2023, in WIRED and  reproduced it here without much editing. The article consciously or subconsciously shows the increasing disunity of today’s society in many things, especially in communication. “LIGHT …

The “Burning Man” fiasco highlights the ultimate tech/culture battle Read more »

August 04, 2023 – We at thasso recently had an article (blog) on the much discussed and recently throughout the social media as wonder compound (drug) for weight loss promoted active ingredient Semaglutide in the form of the newly marketed product …

Is there living pharmacogenovigilance behind Semaglutide drugs? Read more »

July 20, 2023 – The SARS-CoV-2 virus has changed the lives of millions and millions of individuals worldwide. It has also changed the behaviour of the society as a whole with respect to more aggressive and less tolerant behaviour of …

Separating falsehoods from facts: Long Covid and Vaccines Read more »

July 16, 2023 – For months, it has been considered the slimming miracle elixir: the pharmac0logically active ingredient Semaglutide. Semaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist, which means it mimics the action of human incretin glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). This improves insulin …

Is Semaglutide a weight loss miracle? Read more »

June 12, 2023 – Elon Musk (Mister Tesla) has many ambitious plans that don’t always work out. He’s a tech nerd, he’s extremely rich, and yes, he’s behind Tesla, SpaceX, and more recently, Neuralink too. In the age of fake news, …

Neuralink: Mister Tesla is now autopiloting the human brain Read more »

01 May, 2023 – SARS-CoV-2, like other respiratory viruses, typically initiates infection in the throat and sinuses. But it often spreads from the respiratory tract to other parts of the body, such as the gut, liver, heart, kidneys, brain, blood …

Study identifies human genes enabling SARS-CoV-2 infection Read more »