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[Link] Ivermectin could save rare Australian sea lion from deadly parasite
Read: 2/12/2021 www.abc.net.au
Ivermectin has gained notoriety as an unproven prophylactic and therapy for COVID-19, but it has traditionally been used in human and veterinary medicine for parasitic infections. Hookworm contributes to up to 40 per cent of sea lion pup deaths.
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[Link] Womp, womp: Efficacy of Merck’s Thor-inspired COVID pill crumbles, vexing experts
Read: 2/12/2021 arstechnica.com
In a 13-to-10 vote, advisers for the Food and Drug Administration narrowly supported authorizing Merck's Thor-inspired antiviral pill molnupiravir for use against severe COVID-19.
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[Link] Theranos tests detected prostate-cancer marker in prostateless women
Read: 12/11/2021 arstechnica.com
Around 2016, Theranos’ fourth lab director, Kingshuk Das, noticed a problem. He was analyzing data from the company’s diagnostic devices when he saw results from tests for prostate-specific antigen, or PSA.
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[Link] Holmes’ ex-boyfriend, who was Theranos exec, bullied and ignored $1.2M investor
Read: 12/11/2021 arstechnica.com
In 2006, Alan Eisenman invested more than $1 million in Theranos, a then-promising medical diagnostic company founded by college dropout Elizabeth Holmes.
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[Link] Theranos lab chief says Elizabeth Holmes offered ‘impossible’ explanation for odd findings
Read: 10/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The former lab director of Theranos has testified that Elizabeth Holmes gave “implausible” excuses for apparent failures in the company’s tests and personally pushed back against his concerns about its signature blood testing machines.
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[Link] Family Finds Dead Grandfather Being Dissected at an ‘Oddities’ Event
Read: 3/11/2021 www.vice.com
The family discovered what happened to their grandfathers’ body only after an undercover journalist from Seattle news outlet KING5 attended the October event and spotted the man’s name on a tag hanging from his body.
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