Fugue State and the hope for a better (or at least longer) future

I frequently joke about the ill-mannered behaviors of co-workers who seem to conveniently fall into a fugue state. Merriam-Webster defines fugue state as "a disturbed state of consciousness in which the one affected seems to perform acts in full awareness but upon recovery cannot recollect the acts performed".

I recently suffered thru my own scotch-induced fugue state (Dewar's seems most likely to cause this), and found the experience (or, really, the lack of the experience) to be quite disturbing. Thus I was encouraged to read in this month's Discover magazine about progress being made in stem cell research. Scientists at the University of Newcastle in England have grown human liver cells using stem cells from umbilical cord blood. Thus while I have no specific cure for the fugue itself at present (maybe upgrading from Dewar's to Glenfiddich?), I do have future hope for a replacement liver so I can continue experimenting with various scotches.