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“Gillette Research Institute: Blade-Skin Interaction.”

INTRODUCTION. The Padgett Dermatome is a classic example of precision surgical engineering applied to reconstructive surgery & burn surgery. Function: It harvests split-thickness skin grafts—thin layers of skin—by gliding a sharp blade across a donor site. The uniformity of thickness is crucial for graft “take” (successful integration into the recipient site) and minimizing donor site trauma.Inventor: … Continue reading “Gillette Research Institute: Blade-Skin Interaction.”

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Momofuku Ando, “Culinary Lineage of RAMEN”.

Momofuku Ando is fascinating person in culinary history. 🍜 Ando Momofuku’s US Patent 3,997,676, filed in the mid-1970s, wasn’t just a patent on a food product—it was a patent on a method for producing instant-cooking noodles in a cup, which became the blueprint for what we now call “Cup Noodles”. This invention revolutionized food globally: … Continue reading Momofuku Ando, “Culinary Lineage of RAMEN”.

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“Mouse-Human Chromosome Synteny”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man, 1966.

INTRODUCTION. Summary of mouse-human synteny is tabulated BENEATH. Mouse cytoband notation is shown BOTTOM. The ideogram synteny is shown at the BELOW of this blog post. Continue reading “Mouse-Human Chromosome Synteny”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man, 1966.

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Max Perutz & John Kendrew, NOBEL PRIZE CHEMISTRY, 11 December 1962.

Allan Cormack’ & Godfrey Hounsfield’, “Computed Tomography”, NOBEL PRIZE LECTURES, 8 December 1978 was the topic of an earlier blog post. Here I present: Max Perutz, “X-ray Analysis of Haemoglobin”; and, John Kendrew, “Myoglobin and the Structure of Proteins”, NOBEL PRIZE CHEMISTY, 11 December 1962. Hemoglobin is a protein normally in the blood at concentrations of … Continue reading Max Perutz & John Kendrew, NOBEL PRIZE CHEMISTRY, 11 December 1962.

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“Simple Furigana” 振仮名 App.

“Simple Furigana” app is for adding furigana to Japanese text.   “Hiragana” is the cursive-script for Japanese; whereas, “Katakana” is the non-cursive Japanese script.  Just as the English language has two scripts: “cursive (handwritten)”  and “non-cursive (print-script); the Japanese language uses “both script” within the same text. “Furigana” is the term for “Hiragana” written above … Continue reading “Simple Furigana” 振仮名 App.