Category Archives: Cancer

Komen’s Karen Handel Is No Friend of the Sick or Healthy, Especially If They Want to Vote While Not-White

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

By now, you might have heard about the Susan J. Komen Foundation’s decision to cease funding Planned Parenthood because while Planned Parenthood spends much more contact time in cancer screening, they do perform safe and legal abortions. This appears to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Healthcare, Voting | 2 Comments

Is Science a Job or a Calling?

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

Do you view science as a job, one you like and are proud to do, or as an all-consuming calling?
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Posted in Cancer, Career Stuff, Jobs, Management | 21 Comments

NIH to Get 4.2% Proposed Budget Increase

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

I’m feeling hopey and changey!
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Posted in Cancer, Funding, NIH | 3 Comments

When Woo-ism Meets Cancer Prevention

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

“A spiritual element” isn’t going to halve the probability of breast cancer.
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Posted in Cancer, Healthcare, Public Health | 5 Comments

Funny, I Thought Publication Practices Were Why We Haven’t Defeated Cancer

Posted on August 3, 2009 by

Who coulda thunk it?
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Posted in Cancer | 5 Comments

The Culture of Caution at NIH and Academia’s Role

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

The risk averse behavior stems from a bad model, not just a lack of funding.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Cancer, Funding, NIH | 8 Comments

Oh, This Will Be Fun: Kolata on the War on Cancer

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

Another story critical of cancer research. Maybe I’m paranoid, but something is going on here.
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Posted in Cancer, Funding, NIH | 6 Comments

“Could You Patent the Sun?”*

Posted on May 18, 2009 by

Probably not. But genes linked to a high risk of breast cancer? You betcha. The effects of patenting things you didn’t discover.
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Posted in Biotech, Cancer, Genomics, Healthcare | 15 Comments

A Cancer-Causing Virus…Protects Against Cancer?

Posted on June 26, 2008 by

That’s right: a virus that occasionally results in leukemia protects you from gastric cancer.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Cancer, Microbiology, Viruses | 4 Comments

Influenza and Low Hanging Fruit

Posted on September 4, 2007 by

Very few problems can be solved solely by throwing buckets of money at them. Annual influenza is one of those problems than can be solved that way.
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Posted in Cancer, HIV, Influenza, Microbiology, Public Health, Vaccination, Viruses | 1 Comment