Here First - Science and Technology Blog

Channel 5 reports "Fifty-four-year-old Kim Peek is arguably the world's most famous savant and the inspiration behind the Oscar-winning film, Rain Man. Described as "a living Google", Kim is a confounding mix of disability and brilliance that has baffled neurosurgeons. Most savants have only one dominating interest, but Kim seems to soak up everything: from sport to politics and even the minutiae of the British monarchy. "

A doctor from San Diego was able to extract viable stem cells from hair samples. Can this means there may be no need for embryonic stem cells. I think that this nerve cell discovery will make religious people happy...