Author: Qiong Wang

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  • The price of mistakes in clinical trials

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    By Guadalupe Astorga Last January 11, a human clinical trial in phase I caused brain death in one healthy volunteer, while five others were hospitalized. Unfortunately, this is not the only case where healthy volunteers have died or been severely affected. The molecule (BIA 10-2474) produced by the pharmaceutical company Bial, is an inhibitor of…

  • Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: a concise history of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes

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    Part XIX: Günter Blobel, 1999 Prize in Physiology or Medicine By Joseph Luna Let’s start with a fantastical scene: picture a band of Neolithic humans in a hot air balloon overlooking modern New York City. What would they see and experience? Lacking a vocabulary and a mental model of twenty-first century life, our ancient friends…

  • The Lowline

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    By Aileen Marshall Have you heard of the Lowline? No? Well maybe because it doesn’t fully exist yet. And no, it’s not under the Highline, although its name was inspired by it. It will be an underground park in an abandoned trolley terminal under Delancey Street. The park will use new solar technology to redirect…

  • Manhattan Spring and Summer Fun

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    By Susan Russo Consider these (mostly) FREE events in NYC Parks, many falling between June and October: At Bryant Park (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, from 40th to 42nd Streets) check out http://bryantpark.org/ for days and times of events. For adults and kids, there are games to play, such as chess, checkers, mah jongg, and…

  • Culture Corner

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    Sacred and Profane Images in Venice and Padua By Bernie Langs The laws and edicts are laid out in the Old Testament in exacting terms specifying the ornaments, utensils and measurements for these objects utilized in the holy temple and for the division of spaces designated as sacred from those places for mortals. The biblically…

  • 56-Downed-Up Charges

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    By George Barany, Christopher Adams, Martin Herbach, and Alex Vratsanos George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the Chemistry faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Christopher Adams is a graduate student in mathematics at the University of Iowa, Martin Herbach is a retired computer scientist living in Silicon Valley, and Alex Vratsanos…

  • Quotable Quote

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    “It is to be a school of Political Prophets I Suppose — a Nursery of American Statesmen…I am making of it annual, for Sending an entire new set every year, that all the principal genius’s may go to the University in Rotation — that we may have Politicians in Plenty. Our great Complaint is the scarcity…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Musical Fountains Show in Versailles By Elodie Pauwels Imagine the magnificent Palace of Versailles under a clear blue sky. Imagine spring has just sprung. Imagine strolling in that environment, going from one statue to a pond, then turning left to discover a mysterious alley. Suddenly, as if by magic, classic music is played, and water…

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