Drug discovery
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Our Biotech Future that Didn’t Happen
I once attended a week-long meeting in Heidelberg. The topic was Science and Society and the organizer was Sheila Jasanoff, an academic whose work focuses…
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The Coffee Ban: How the king of Sweden cruelly forced prisoners to drink coffee
Swedes drink a lot of coffee, and at all times of the day. One of the few fragments of Swedish I remember from my time…
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Silent Night
This time of the year, everywhere you go, you hear Christmas songs. Some of them have been around for a long time. Silent Night was…
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Arsenic for Longevity: A health fad from 19th century Austria
People have been using dangerous and ineffective supplements supposedly increasing lifespan for a long time. Here’s an example from 19th century Austria.In an essay first…
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Madaus: Irreverent self-promotion by a pharma company
A few years ago, my uncle gave me an old book created by the German pharmaceutical company Madaus, which is nowadays part of Rottapharm Biotech, to celebrate their…
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