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The Problem with Medical Patents
Posted on November 30, 2010 | 3 CommentsOn April 12, 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk made history. He had created a vaccine for the devastating polio epidemic, a disease which had taken hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide.... -
Truvada: An HIV Prevention Drug
Posted on November 25, 2010 | No CommentsEmtricitabine/TenofovirDisoproxil Fumarate. That’s a real mouthful. However the Gilead Sciences drug, Truvada is one mouthful many people can gladly swallow. The drug has been shown to reduce the risk of... -
HIV, I See You
Posted on October 16, 2010 | No CommentsA cure for HIV? Well, not quite yet, but researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California have found something that will definitely help in the search for a cure.... -
Clandestine Birds?
Posted on June 25, 2010 | No CommentsWhy do birds divorce? York University professor Bridget Stutchbury looks to answer this bizarre question. In her book The Bird Detective: Investigating the Secret Lives of Birds, Professor Stutchbury studies the... -
Something From Nothing
Posted on May 30, 2010 | No CommentsMolecular biology giant Craig Venter has done it again. Some would say he is playing God. Others will claim that he is just doing good science. I fall under the...
