The Lancet: Biotech on the Big Screen
Harrison Ford
The Lancet published my review of “Extraordinary Measures,” a paean to the wonders of for-profit drug development, this week.
Articles, Science and Politics
2010
Events
Northfield, MN
February 18, 2011. 10:50 am. “The Fever: how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.” Lecture followed by informal discussion and book signing. Free and open to the public. Carleton College, Northfield MN
Disease and Ecology, The Fever
Malaria killed King Tut, among other ancients
Tutankhamen
Add King Tut to the list of famous personages felled by malaria. Tut died at age 19 in 1324 BC. According to a new study in JAMA, scientists have found genetic evidence of Plasmodium falciparum lurking in his mummy.
Tut’s a famous guy but he isn’t malaria’s earliest known victim–not by far.
Articles, Disease and Ecology
Grist: Pesticides loom large in animal die-offs
My new piece on pesticides and wildlife die-offs is now up on Yale’s e360. Grist.org calls it a “must-read report”.