Sept. 21 is World Alzheimer's Day.
World Alzheimer’s Day is a day on which Alzheimer’s organizations around the world
concentrate their efforts on raising awareness about Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, a group of disorders that
impairs mental functioning.
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LifeScience Moment: Last remaining source of the Hoxsey cancer treatment was eliminated by a federal court order.
On Sept. 21, 1960, FDA officials announced the last remaining major source of the discredited Hoxsey cancer treatment had been
eliminated by a federal court order. The treatment remains available in Mexico.
The Hoxsey treatment, begun in the 1920's by Harry Hoxsey, includes pokeweed, burdock root, licorice, barberry, buckthorn bark,
stillingia root, red clover, prickly ash bark, potassium iodide, and cascara.
Available scientific evidence does not support claims that the Hoxsey herbal treatment is effective in treating cancer, and there
have been no clinical trials of the treatment published in conventional medical journals.
In 1967, Hoxsey was diagnosed with prostate cancer. When he did not respond to his own
treatment, Hoxsey underwent conventional surgery. He died in 1974.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state or province through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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Norovirus Virions (Photo Credit: Charles D. Humphrey)
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Science Quote
"The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."
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Thomas H. Huxley, English biologist
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(1825-95)
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