Orange juice a better source for potassium than Gatorade®
Category: Stuff I don't know about
Is this a Good Thing for exercising and/or a concern for patients on cardiovascular meds?
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:02 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Terra Sigillata
musings on medicines from the Earth
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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.
Please read the DISCLAIMER for details on the blog's intended audience, advertising and comment policy, and how not to use the information presented herein.
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.
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Depression from job loss and chronic illness
Category: Journalists, Awesome
When you finally get the time to do anything you want, why is it so hard to find the energy and motivation to do so?
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:02 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 28, 2010
Roger McGuinn, John Coltrane, and the banjo
Category: Music
How Roger McGuinn came to play the Rickenbacker 12-string guitar and the unlikely jazz influences on him and The Byrds.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 2:32 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 25, 2010
Sir James Black (1924-2010) - Physician, Pharmacologist, Gentleman
Category: Chemistry
It is rare for a scientist to discover one drug that makes it to market. Sir James not only led the discovery of two major drugs, propranolol and cimetidine. As if that were not enough, each drug was a "first-in-class" agent, the first approved drug that acts via a novel mechanism of action.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:56 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 23, 2010
Am still around but...
Category: LungMutiny2010
Just a quick note to readers to let you know that I have not forgotten you. I am finally back to work after LungMutiny2010 and must tend to many issues that have accumulated in my absence. I should have some...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 10:02 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 16, 2010
What's the difference between HeLa and HeLa S3 cells?
Part III: Theodore "Ted" Puck, PhD, and the first clonal isolation of human tumor cells
Category: Colorado
The laboratory of the renowned human geneticist developed techniques still used today to isolate clonal populations of tumor cells and used HeLa cell clones to help define minimal media requirements for tumor cell growth in vitro.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 10:02 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 12, 2010
Dear Dad, With Love (repost)
Category: Personal
This is a repost of my reflections on my father who passed away 13 years today. While quite personal, I posted it here last year because I felt that my experiences were quite universal, shared by the families of the ten or twenty million alcoholics in the US and the hundreds of millions worldwide. Moreover, I wanted to provide a face for my colleagues who work in the area of substance abuse and a reminder for my clinical colleagues of the people behind those they may dismiss as drunks and junkies. In becoming one my most most highly-read and highly-commented posts, I thought I would share it again this year, especially for the new readers who've come on board in the last twelve months.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 5:02 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 10, 2010
Case dismissed in vaccination libel case against Amy Wallace and Dr. Paul Offit
Category: Public Understanding of Science
When the facts don't support your argument sue for libel, even if the basis of the suit is as weak as your scientific objections.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 5:59 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 8, 2010
HBCU scholars answer questions at NYTimes education blog
Category: HBCU
Penn's Marybeth Gasman and Philander Smith College president Walter Kimbrough will spend this week answering some tough reader questions about historically-black colleges and universities in the United States.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 6:02 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 7, 2010
What's the difference between HeLa and HeLa S3 cells?
Part II: The life and careers of Florence Rena Sabin, MD
Category: Colorado
In the second part of the history leading up to the naming of HeLa S3 cells, we discuss the remarkable physician-scientist pioneer. The S3 cells were isolated in the University of Colorado School of Medicine research building named in her honor.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 12:02 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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