I was tagged for a meme by Nerd Girl which calls for me to write seven random facts about myself. I am not sure what the demand for information about me is like out there in cyberspace, but I'd guess that it's low. Here's my seven anyway: 1. I shave only once a week. I [...]
Earlier this month Novacea, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVC) announced that it has prematurely ended its Phase 3 ASCENT-2 clinical trial of Asentar, also known as DN-101. Asentar had been the company's lead investigational cancer therapy for the treatment of those of us who are androgen-independent (AIP). The Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the clinical study [...]
Last night was the CNN and You Tube Republican presidential debate. I was very disappointed with the quality of questions that they chose to ask the candidates. It seemed that the selection of videos was not as serious as I would liked to have seen. The selection leaned heavily to the dramatic and the absurd. [...]
Many people have been very excited about this last week’s scientific advance in creating cells that act like embryonic stem cells from skin cells. The enthusiasm about this discovery surrounds the possibility that embryos might not have to be destroyed to develop stem cells, which would remove the political controversy about stem cell research. Unfortunately, [...]
I have often written about stress and how important it is to reduce it in your life. Now there has been research that has linked the hormone epinephrine (also known as adrenalin) to actual changes in prostate and breast cancer cells. Exposure to increasing levels of epinephrine seems to make these cancer cells resistant to [...]