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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. To contact Derek email him directly: derekb.lowe@gmail.com

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August 29, 2005

Nature Doesn't Care: Latest in a Series

Posted by Derek

Not only New Orleans, but Gulfport, Biloxi, Mobile. . .here's the Red Cross online donation page.

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April 13, 2005

Vaccines by the Dozen

Posted by Derek

After mentioning Jonas Salk, I should also note the recent death of a vaccine wizard, Maurice Hilleman. This Slate article is a good introduction to the man.

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December 8, 2004

Follow Which Money Where?

Posted by Derek

I'm glad that someone else had trouble figuring out what the big deal is with this New York Times article on FDA user fees. Over at Slate, Jack Shafer saves me a lot of effort with this excellent piece.

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An Experiment in Progress?

Posted by Derek

The BBC says that HIV-positive kids in New York are being given toxic drugs in the name of research. Can you believe them? Guess. (Thanks to Electrolite for the link.)

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December 7, 2004

Alex Tabarrok on Me-Too Drugs

Posted by Derek

Here's the first of a promised series of posts over at Marginal Revolution. I'll wait until the end before adding my comments.

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