Transplantation of kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, pancreas, intestine etc is now reasonably well established. These are organs. Tissues like cornea, skin and bone can also be transplanted. The decision of the near ones to donate these from their dear one who has just died is one of the noblest gestures of them all. Some organs […]
Author: Dr Jimmy
I am a Doctor, Writer and Science Communicator. I am a member of Info- Clinic, and have written a few books. This site features my blog posts and stories. Thank you for visiting.
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The crux of being Great
It was after he died that I read about him in detail. I thought that it was good to be better informed than certain Ministers from Keralam. There is no doubt that he was a great man. It got me thinking. What makes some people iconic? Muhammed Ali was arrogant and brash. Some have accused […]
Some serious advice
This is an ‘advice’ piece I wrote for the students of Jubilee Mission Medical College, for their magazine: When your Editor and my good friend Harsha Annie Mathew asked me to write something inspirational for young doctors and medical students I was flabbergasted. That is because I consider myself a young doctor. So the suggestion […]
Of Marriage and similar horrors..er. Pleasures.
It has been fifteen years. Everyone gushes. Hooray. I do remember that day. The fact of the matter is, I didn’t think it was a big deal at the time. Just as I knew that the moustache will start to grow, and eventually would turn grey, like most of my generation, I knew that one […]
The Tales Genes tell.
Twenty three thousand is a big number. Or is it? Depends on what one is referring to. Most experts expected more. Maybe lakhs, they thought. Genes. The three base pair sequences in the massive molecule of our DNA. Every one of our cells has a copy. About 23000 of them determine what we are- as […]