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Coal shipment stopped in Turkey
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Environment
The natural products community honors Lasker Award winner, Dr Akira Endo [Terra Sigillata]
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments
The Japanese scientist who grew fascinated by fungi as a boy is one among five of this years’ recipients of the Lasker Award.
Dr Akira Endo first isolated the hypocholesterolemic compound, compactin, from Penicillium citrinum. Compactin was the forerunner to the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMG CoA reducatase) inhibitors. This fungal natural product gave rise […]
Tags: Health
Race for the Cure [Sciencewomen]
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Very early one Saturday morning in October, Minnow and I will be congregating in the heart of Mystery City with thousands of other women and men, girls and boys. And many of us will be wearing pink. Then we’ll run or walk five kilometers in honor of the 1 in 8 women who will be […]
Tags: Health