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September 13, 2012

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11:15 AM | Remembering Dr. Jerome Horwitz and AZT
In 1964, the US enacted the civil rights act, the Vietnam War was heating up, and the battle against cancer was being waged. That year, Dr. Jerome Horwitz published what was, by all accounts, a failure. Horwitz had synthesized and tested a throng of new compounds, one of which happened to be azidothymidine or AZT. [...]
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July 30, 2012

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10:53 AM | The Story behind the Name: The Marley Parasite
Once vibrant pockets of color, swarming with life, Caribbean coral reefs are in decline. Coral, a marine animal of seemingly infinite color, has fallen prey to bleaching and widespread disease. Since 1977, it’s estimated that 80% of the live coral in the Caribbean has deteriorated. Fish species in the Caribbean coral reefs have declined 5% [...]
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June 25, 2012

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11:48 AM | Breaking Bad News
In an exam room in his modern clinic in Berlin, Dr. Heiko Jessen takes his patient’s hand; “I don’t have good news for you” he begins, giving what he calls a warning shot before delivering the bad news. He looks into the young man’s eyes, “Your HIV test came back positive.” The patient, Joseph, a [...]
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June 20, 2012

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11:42 AM | Scientists behaving badly: the Berlin patient
As scientists we are taught to present our data and opinions through a defined network. New findings are published in peer-reviewed journals, not the New York Times; our opinions are recorded at scientific meetings, not in press releases. At the heart of this lies our desire to keep science free from the undue influence of [...]
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