A Knight in Dragonland

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008 goes to …
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, for their discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Harald zur Hausen, currently at the German Cancer Research Center, for his discovery of human papilloma viruses (HPV) causing cervical cancer.
Congratulations!

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Along with John Enders and Frederick Robbins, Thomas Weller won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries in viral tissue culture leading to the development of both the Salk & Sabin polio vaccines. His later work was also instrumental in developing vaccines for rubella (German measles) and varicella (chicken pox).
Dr. Weller [...]

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… I’ll actually make it to a blogger bash.
I’m really not dissin’ you guys, I swear. I know, I know … I’ve been blogging for close to a year now, and I still have yet to attend a bash. Unfortunately I had a meeting at work that started at 5:30 and lasted until [...]

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“When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty.
When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace.
When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice.”
Lin Yutang), Chinese-American writer, translator, and editor.
According to this article in the New York Times, the average pay for a starting lawyer is now $135,000 [...]

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