Penicillin Comes Of Age In ‘A Fierce Radiance’

Penicillin Comes Of Age In ‘A Fierce Radiance’
It’s hard to imagine that people used to die from things as small as a scratch on the knee — but that’s what life was like before penicillin. Author Lauren Belfer’s new novel, A Fierce Radiance , follows the intrigue as pharmaceutical companies race to mass-produce lifesaving drugs during World War II.
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Free aid for teen smokers
If there were ever a perfect day for Courtney Smith to quit smoking for good, Thursday would have been that day.
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Stanford genotype class asks: What’s your type?
When Stanford University School of Medicine became the first medical school in the nation this summer to offer a course to teach students how to interpret genetic tests, the 50 people who signed up to take it were asked to make a controversial choice: whether… Medical school – Stanford University – Education – Medicine – Health
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