# Key Points from IRC Log

• Discussion about chimeras and xenotransplantation, including the definition of chimeras (Wikipedia claims organ transplant recipients qualify as chimeras) and historical cases like Baby Faye who received an animal organ transplant.

• CRISPR-Cas9 patent issues were shared via an article link (https://bostonreview.net/books-ideas/yarden-katz-who-owns-molecular-biology) discussing ownership questions in molecular biology.

• A significant breakthrough in graph isomorphism algorithms was shared, which could have implications for cheminformatics according to a linked Twitter post.

• Kanzure suggested that health insurance companies should offer customer blood banking on-premises to reduce future healthcare costs, and advocated for collecting stem cells from miscarriages.

• A discussion about CAD software included a recommendation to use Solidworks in a virtual machine rather than FreeCAD, which was described as having a nice UI but crashing frequently due to issues with its underlying OpenCascade kernel.

• Sci-hub's new domain (sci-hub.io) was shared as a resource for accessing scientific papers.

• An interesting tool for physical prototyping called Protopiper was shared (http://robertkovax.com/protopiper-physically-sketching-room-sized-objects-at-actual-scale), described as an "adhesive tape gun for prototyping and art reasons."

• There was a brief discussion about GDF11 supplementation, referencing someone who had been taking it for 1.5 years, with questions about its potential effects.