MetaFilter posts tagged with pkd

"I've got two kidneys, and he needs one..."

albrecht — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:44:33 -0800

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder affecting 600,000 Americans and 12.5 million people worldwide. Large cysts grow on the kidneys causing urinary problems, elevated blood pressure, and eventually renal failure. Although there is no cure for PKD, patients are generally good candidates for kidney transplants. For patients on Medicare, the transplants are covered, but the needed anti-rejection medication is not after 3 years. The health care bill [pdf] currently in the House contains a provision to change that. The PKD Foundation is also in the running to receive $50k worth of "co-branded advertisement" through Intel's Vote for a Cause promotion on Facebook. Surviving PKD is one man's story of living with PKD from diagnosis to transplant.

“I hear voices from another star.”

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:40:45 -0800

A Day In The Afterlife of Philip K Dick - An Arena documentary first broadcast by the BBC in 1994 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Aphids! Aphids!

crunchland — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:56:14 -0800

The first 24 minutes of the new movie of Phillip K. Dick's classic A Scanner Darkly. *NSFW*

"A Scanner Darkly" Remix contest

Tlogmer — Sun, 21 May 2006 03:02:01 -0800

The top entry* (turn up the volume) in the Scanner Darkly remix contest is already better than the (turn it back down) official trailer.

PKD Android

signal — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:36:58 -0800

It was only a matter of time before someone built a Philip K. Dick Android. And blogged about it. Don't you just love it when literature and meatspace collide?