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Advances in molecular biology and genomic medicine are increasing the odds that compounds dreamed up by scientists make it from the lab to the pharmacy. Here are some of the latest candidates, either just approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or under review. ?DIABETES If you're a diabetic and the daily injections of insulin are torture, then get ready for some relief. Pfizer received FDA approval in January to market the first inhaled insulin, Exubera, which should become available around midyear. The powdered insulin, taken just before meals, is released into the mouth and lungs through...
...after he entered a debate over the portrayal of Hinduism in California textbooks earlier this year.In November, Witzel, the Wales professor of Sanskrit, was notified about edits submitted by the Vedic Foundation (VF) and the Hindu Education Foundation (HEF) for the California State Board of Education’s review of sixth grade social studies textbooks. The organizations said that the books should be revised to ensure that their depictions of Hinduism instilled pride among followers.But Witzel penned a letter—signed by 47 other scholars—imploring the Board to reject the edits, on the basis that...
...Gross, who heads the review with Kirby, said that the administration has to wait for FAS to approve the recommendations of the Curricular Review before the College administration can implement them...
...Curricular Review has stalled, the administration has tried to focus on other initiatives, like improving advising and increasing student-faculty interaction...
...review of Internal Revenue Service records and GSA contracts for 2004 and 2005 found that about 10% of the vendors under contract with the agency, or over 3,800, had cheated on their taxes. In most cases, the scofflaws didn't pay their corporate income tax or company owners lined their pockets with the IRS payroll taxes they'd collected from their employees for Social Security, Medicare and individual income taxes. One contractor who provided $1 million worth of security services to the federal government from 2003 to 2005 also had unpaid taxes of over $9 million; the owner...