Finally!

Very little, very late…but at least it was enough for the kids to have some fun!

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Cancer “stem cells”

This article is very interesting - not only for the potential advance that this may represent, but also for the helpful use of analogies (stem cells, dandelion roots) that make the general concept more clear to the reading public.

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Pharma News 2_23

Ed Silverman over at Pharmalot features the story that came out in the Wall Street Journal this week, about Genentech’s Lucentis competing with its sibling drug, Avastin, in the treatment of macular degeneration. The NIH is planning to sponsor a head-to-head trial.
More interesting stuff on Avastin - indications that it may be effective with brain [...]

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After Hours 2_22

Classical guitar music - not for everyone, but occasionally, you can’t beat it. Here are some artists you may want to try out; some are “old friends,” others more recent discoveries (links lead to pages where you can hear samples):
Phil Keaggy
Christopher Parkening
Don Ross
Dave Beegle
Brooks Williams
…and, of course, the old master, Andres Segovia.
Reader Keith Cox also [...]

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Answer: What is it?

Village residents from the Rostov region of Russia caught a weird creature two weeks ago after a strong storm in the Sea of Azov. The shark-looking creature was producing strange squeaky sounds. The fishermen originally believed that they had caught an alien and decided to film the monster with the help of a cell phone [...]

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You can Havidol!

Are you suffering from Dysphoric Social Attention Consumption Deficit Anxiety Disorder (DSACDAD)? Some people actually think they are…and now there’s new treatment - Havidol!
Great spoof on a fake drug and condition, dreamed up by Australian artist Justine Cooper.
The website promoting Havidol is well-done and almost convincing. I enjoyed doing something similar with some colleagues a [...]

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The demise of VitesseLearning

Canadian press release here (Vitesse had merged not long ago with Canadian provider Provinent).
I had a high opinion of the original U.S.-based VitesseLearning team, and enjoy collaborating with them. After the merger, and a major departure of personnel here in the U.S.  last year, things apparently went downhill rapidly.
Leadership Matters. And that’s all I have [...]

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“Pediatric” Viagra - life-saver!

Viagra, the sexual dysfunction drug marketed by Pfizer, returned to its original roots as a cardiovascular treatment recently, when a doctor in England used it to help a preemie gain enough lung function to survive (sildenafil helps open up blood vessels - in this case, allowing better oxygen uptake in the lungs).
Excerpt:
Parents Jade Goodfellow and [...]

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After Hours 2_16

There are movies that are watched and easily forgotten.
There are movies that you like well enough to recommend to your friends.
Then there are movies that become so embedded in your mind and affections that you don’t mind seeing them over and over again, and you find yourself quoting certain phrases from it as part of [...]

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Impactiviti and eLearning

Are you working on any eLearning initiatives for 2007? Are you dissatisfied with current eLearning offerings or suppliers? Here are the ways Impactiviti can help…
1. Strategic planning - this requires asking the right questions - from the point of view of the learner, the business, the training dept., and the IT folks. That’s what Impactiviti [...]

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