Derek Lowe, an Arkansan by birth, got his BA from Hendrix College and his PhD in organic chemistry from Duke before spending time in Germany on a Humboldt Fellowship on his post-doc. He's worked for several major pharmaceutical companies since 1989 on drug discovery projects against schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, osteoporosis and other diseases.
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3. Ricardo Rose on December 13, 2012 6:37 AM writes...
"Reverse alchemy", I have been told they are investing heavily in it after seeing the marketing potential: "Turning an inert element, such as gold, into an extremely active one" ...
4. John Wayne on December 13, 2012 9:16 AM writes...
Ouch. This story has evolved from 'people probably stole from Pfizer,' to 'Pfizer doesn't know why they had gold; industry insiders speculate on possible incompetencies'
7. Anonymous on December 13, 2012 6:00 PM writes...
How about this combination of gold and laser?
"Gene silencing by gold nanoshell-mediated delivery and laser-triggered release of antisense oligonucleotide and siRNA; ACS Nano. 2012 Sep 25;6(9):7681-91"
College chemistry, 1983
The 2002 Model
After 10 years of blogging. . .
1. John on December 12, 2012 11:33 PM writes...
Seems like a golden opportunity.
Permalink to Comment2. John on December 12, 2012 11:34 PM writes...
Seems like a golden opportunity.
Permalink to Comment3. Ricardo Rose on December 13, 2012 6:37 AM writes...
"Reverse alchemy", I have been told they are investing heavily in it after seeing the marketing potential: "Turning an inert element, such as gold, into an extremely active one" ...
Permalink to Comment4. John Wayne on December 13, 2012 9:16 AM writes...
Ouch. This story has evolved from 'people probably stole from Pfizer,' to 'Pfizer doesn't know why they had gold; industry insiders speculate on possible incompetencies'
Permalink to Comment5. Gordon on December 13, 2012 10:33 AM writes...
Maybe it was just a publicity stunt.. or -- more hopefully -- they're inventing a vaccine to cure my addiction for Goldschlager.
Permalink to Comment6. Helical_Investor on December 13, 2012 11:41 AM writes...
Did no one mention parachute manufacturing?
Zz
Permalink to Comment7. Anonymous on December 13, 2012 6:00 PM writes...
How about this combination of gold and laser?
"Gene silencing by gold nanoshell-mediated delivery and laser-triggered release of antisense oligonucleotide and siRNA; ACS Nano. 2012 Sep 25;6(9):7681-91"
Permalink to Comment8. Anonymous on December 24, 2012 2:31 PM writes...
Maybe AZ took it..
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2012/12/aztrazeneca-gold-cancer-treatment.html
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