mutations of mortality

Random thoughts of Terry Hamblin about leukaemia, literature, poetry, politics, religion, cricket and music.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Grasping the nettle of examinations

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It's sad that the clinical part of the MRCPath (Haematology) exam has all but departed. It enabled examiner and examinee to engage in an...
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Galatians 6:6. Better pay for pastors?

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Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor The way some ministers are treated is disgraceful...

John 4:34

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This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee. Other 'signs' in John's gospel are ...

13 elements: Hafnium

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Hafnium Transition metal Atomic number: 72 Used in: computer chips Criticality rating: not rated Hafnium's peerless heat resistance has ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The most toxic toad in America

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Where do you keep your pet? Keep him by your bed, under the sideboard or in a kennel, but take care if you let him wander at night, and espe...

Illegal immigration

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Most of us are against illegal immigration. In America there is a huge migration over the southern border and many states have a large Latin...

Galatians 6:2-5. Burdens

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Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they ...

John 4:49-53. Pleading for a son.

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The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word an...

13 elements: Indium

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Indium Post-transition metal Atomic number: 49 Used in: touchscreens, solar cells, medicine Criticality rating: critical We spend a lot of t...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

Black side of the Arab Spring

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The so-called Arab Spring has been welcomed in the West as being the means of removing malignant dictators. However, there are certainly pro...
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John 4:48 Seeing is believing

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“Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.” We could read this as Jesus getting tetchy a...

Galatians 6:1 Restoration

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Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or ...

13 elements: Technetium

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Technetium Transition metal Atomic number: 43 Used in: medical imaging Criticality rating: not rated Technetium is exceedingly rare. Until 1...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Brief Encounter

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Last night we watched Brief Encounter again. It is one of the classics of British Cinema. David Lean directed and Noel Coward produced. It w...

Galatians 5:24-26. Standing out from the crowd

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Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step wi...

John 4: 46-47. Jesus hounded for healing

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Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at ...

13 elements - Erbium

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Erbium Rare earth element Atomic number: 68 Used in: optical fibres Criticality rating: not rated Reading this article online? Or keeping ha...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

John 4:43-45. Back to Galilee

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After the two days he left for Galilee. For Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country. When he arrived in...

Galatians 5:23 No law against it

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Against such things there is no law Paul returns to his theme of the law and grace. I think the point he is making here is how those who rel...

Elements you can't manage without.

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I like reading New Scientist. You have to disregard its anti-religious bias, but it does come out with some remarkable facts from scientific...
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Terry Hamblin
Born in Worcester, England 1943; school at Farnborough, Hampshire 1954-62; University 1962-7 and junior doctor posts 1967-74 in Bristol; Consultant Haematologist Bournemouth 1974-2003; Professor of Immunohaematology Southampton 1986 to present. Honorary Consultant Haematologist Kings College Hospital, London, 2004-present. After 5 years of working part time researching, writing, reviewing, editing, speaking, sitting on committees, advising, answering questions and thinking, I now think of myself as fully retired apart from my role as Editor in Chief of the medical journal Leukemia Research. I was awarded the Binet-Rai medal for outstanding research in CLL in 2002 and this has been my most sucessful area of research, but I have also made important contributions in the fields of apheresis, stem cell transplantation, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, antibody therapy, cytokine therapy and DNA vaccines. I was once mascot for Aldershot Town Football. Club. Married to Diane for 44 years. Four children, Karen, Richard, Angela and David.
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