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Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of David J Kroll, a US state university educator and cancer researcher who holds a PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics and BS in Toxicology. He writes on natural product drugs and dietary supplements, issues of under-represented groups in the STEMM disciplines, science and medical journalism, the science and culture of North Carolina, Florida, and Colorado, making and listening to music and, with the help of his colleague, Erleichda, wine appreciation.
"Why Terra Sigillata?" will tell you more about the origin of the blog name.
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For the record, this is a personal blog and any content or opinions expressed are solely the author's and do not reflect those of his university employer or funding agencies. He does get a bit ornery from time to time.
July 31, 2006
Category: Political interference in science
Interesting timing: former US National Cancer Institute director and current acting FDA commish Dr Andrew von Eschenbach is about to go before the Senate tomorrow regarding his nomination for the permanent position. You know that he was going to get...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 12:38 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blog quizzes
After being prompted by GrrlScientist and Prof John Lynch, I took this test again remembering that I scored in the 79th percentile before we joined ScienceBlogs.com. The results page states further that, "it's time to apply to MIT," but after...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 3:16 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 30, 2006
Category: Cancer
If posting frequency is any indication, regular readers might be able to tell that the last two or three weeks have not been the highlight of my life. And, thankfully for you, I've kept much of it off-blog because of...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:57 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
I very rarely post directly on issues of politics outside of science policy, biomedical research funding, or political interference in the scientific process. However, the came in last night from frequent Terra Sig commenter and all-around kool lady, Anjou: This...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:38 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 28, 2006
Category: The Friday Fermentable
Welcome to our 2nd installment of The Friday Fermentable, Terra Sigillata's Friday fun-blogging feature. You can read our mission statement at the original post last week, but the goal, briefly, is to celebrate the particular class of natural products that...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 6:48 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 26, 2006
Category: Ask A ScienceBlogger
This week's 'Ask A ScienceBlogger' focuses on reports such as those in National Geographic and DailyKos that global warming is having, and will progressively have great influence, on wine grape-growing. The idea is that grapes grown for premium wine production...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:29 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 25, 2006
Category: Blogging community
If you read any sort of science blogs, you may remember when Pharma Bawd at Moment of Science burst on the scene in Feb 2006 at with her pathway of metabolism of evolution information. Reading about enzymes like Respectful Insolence...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:07 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 24, 2006
Category: K-12 education
There was really nothing more I could add last week regarding all of the turmoil at/about the US Food and Drug Administration in the aftermath of the much-debated survey results, as covered by my SiBlings and elsewhere last week. A...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:20 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
July 23, 2006
Category: Health Care
Reading the paper this morning reaction to murder charges being brought against a New Orleans doctor and two nurses post-Katrina makes me want to read a little more into the facts of the cases. However, my SiBling, Prof Shelley Batts...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:32 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 21, 2006
Category: The Friday Fermentable
Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Friday Fermentable, the end-of-week fun feature of Terra Sigillata.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:01 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
