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DrRobertHouse

  1. Drug found for parasite that is major cause of death worldwide: sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/… [Nice job of re-purposing.]
  2. Vaccine adjuvant database pub...check it out. 1.usa.gov/K7t9RF
  3. Ethics panel debates how to develop child protections against anthrax washingtonpost.com/national/healt… [Issue won't go away. What do you think?]
  4. UC San Diego biologists produce potential malarial vaccine from algae | Science Codex sciencecodex.com/uc_san_diego_b… via @sciencecodex
  5. Hidden Epidemic: 
Tapeworms Living Inside People's Brains. bit.ly/K2ifeL [Nematodes. They still rule.]
  6. Deadly Meetings in the Workplace on.wsj.com/JaBDcT via @WSJ [Guess it's the same wherever you work.]
  7. Bioterrorism Bill Gridlocked In Congress huff.to/KRh00W via @HuffPostPol
  8. What Bugs Are in Your Gut? | The Scientist shar.es/2ymgO via @sharethis [Oddly enough, this is not a good pick-up line.]
  9. Interesting new Animal Rule pub. 1.usa.gov/IHKdQQ
  10. Data Diving | The Scientist shar.es/22LLQ [Excellent piece, worth reading]
  11. Little-known parasite putting bite on state residents - Westport News westport-news.com/news/article/L… [Trypanosomiasis in CT?]
  12. FDA approves Levaquin to combat pneumonic plague bioterrorist attack: medcitynews.com/2012/04/fda-ap…
  13. Anti-inflammatory Factors Fight Bugs | The Scientist shar.es/2nGzP via @sharethis
  14. Eminent chemist denies self-plagiarism in ‘space dinosaurs’ paper blogs.nature.com/news/2012/04/e… [Self-plagiarism? Space dinosaurs? Too weird.]
  15. Went to Greg Lake's "Songs of a Lifetime" show at the Birchmere last night. twitter.com/DrRobertHouse/…
  16. Never Again? Obama's Big, Risky Plan for Preventing Global Atrocities - The Atlantic bit.ly/K9LUkg [Disturbing, but not surprising.]
  17. Melting Ice Releases Ancient Microbes | The Scientist shar.es/rIzVX (Really interesting, especially the Han Solo name drop.)
  18. Talking dirty. It's not what you think. ht.ly/apDB0
  19. Compounds shared by all worms may lead to parasite treatment | R&D Mag - rdmag.com/News/Feeds/201…
  20. Can the U.S. Afford a New Biodefense Lab? - ScienceInsider bit.ly/HIPUrS