Blog Heap o'Urantiana Links 17 May 2011

British scientist Stephen Hawking has branded heaven a "fairy story" for people afraid of the dark [Scientist flounders in theological ignorance, people for some reason pay attention to the odd little man far out of his league]

Timothy Ray Brown tested positive for HIV back in 1995, but has now entered scientific journals as the first man in world history to have that HIV virus completely eliminated from his body in what doctors call a "functional cure." Brown was living in Berlin, Germany back in 2007, dealing with HIV and leukemia, when scientists there gave him a bone marrow stem cell transplant that had astounding results. "I quit taking my HIV medication the day that I got the transplant and haven't had to take any since," said Brown, who has been dubbed "The Berlin Patient" by the medical community.