Insomnia

Sleep, like an ephemeral phantom of the night, eludes me once again.
Come Hypnos and bring me the blessed darkness of sleep.
Send Morpheus to lead me through the land and shadows of the subconscious.

Possible Progress in Medicine

This could be HUGE folks. "Any virus"? Yeah, that means...

…in a development that could transform how viral infections are treated, a team of researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory has designed a drug that can identify cells that have been infected by any type of virus, then kill those cells to terminate the infection.

…In a paper published July 27 in the journal PLoS One, the researchers tested their drug against 15 viruses, and found it was effective against all of them — including rhinoviruses that cause the common cold, H1N1 influenza, a stomach virus, a polio virus, dengue fever and several other types of hemorrhagic fever.

The drug works by targeting a type of RNA produced only in cells that have been infected by viruses. “In theory, it should work against all viruses,” says Todd Rider…

The press release is here.  Let’s see how long it takes to come on-line…