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Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of 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.
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November 29, 2009
Category: Race in Science and Society
Formally recognizing a segregation era protest that preceded the 1960 Greensboro Woolworth sit-in by over two years. Shivers up the Pharmboy's spine as he presses the flesh with history.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 10:02 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 28, 2009
Category: Botanical/Herbal Medicines
"The science-based community is always at a disadvantage in these sorts of outcries, because we're limited to the evidence, and we can't just make stuff up." - Steve Thoms, Editor-in-Chief, Skeptic North
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 9:49 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 27, 2009
Category: Colorado
In a very readable and - yes, enjoyable - state report, hydroengineers Ron Falco and Sharon Israel Williams document that animal feces contamination of an unchlorinated water supply is cited the likely source of a rare waterborne Salmonella outbreak.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:02 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 26, 2009
Category: Alternative medicine
It seems to me that naturopathy adopts either science-based medicine or pseudoscience depending on the venue in which it serves the organization.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 10:19 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 25, 2009
Category: Botanical/Herbal Medicines
"It's not that science has all the answers. It doesn't. It's just that astrologers, shamans, and natural healers have none of them."
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 3:02 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 23, 2009
Category: Academia
The gathering storm since last week of a proposed merger of Mississippi HBCUs raises the questions, "What the heck is an HBCU anyway?" and "How are HBCUs relevant in 2009?"
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:02 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 22, 2009
Category: Academia
Revisiting an old article on the Bayh-Dole Act leads us to wonder whether US university ownership of discoveries from federally-funded research has hindered medical progress.
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November 21, 2009
Category: Music
There's a lot to be said for building shit just to see if it works.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 2:02 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 20, 2009
Category: Academia
Continued misuse of the M.D. Anderson name by bottled water multilevel-marketing companies draws legal action this week in US District Court. I found at least some of the data on the "testing" of their water on in vitro release of pro-inflammatory lipids from cultured cancer cells - guess what might happen if one puts cultured cells into water or 50/50 water and media?
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Category: Infectious diseases
Denise Gellene in the New York Times is reporting this morning that Scottish physician, Sir John Crofton, passed away on 3 November at age 97. Crofton is best known for implementing a combination drug regimen to treat tuberculosis, the insidious...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:40 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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