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A headline that has been both craved and feared appeared yesterday: "Spinal-Fluid Test is Found to Predict Alzheimer's" The New York Times reports that the Archives of Neurology is today publishing a study on a test for Alzheimer's that is … Continue reading
CBS is running a series on the progress in the development of cancer drugs. Here is a clip from yesterday that discusses how the FDA manages the approval of cancer drugs: Share this:
In the Sunday New York Times Business Section, there was an article about Alzheimer’s research. As I read it, I was struck by the current state of research and the way it mimicked the AIDS epidemic during the late 1980s. … Continue reading