High-Stakes Science
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Who would have thought that a blonde haired, blue eyed nineteen-year-old drop out from Stanford University could have fooled so many, for so long? That is precisely what Elizabeth Holmes did when she incorporated her company Real-Time Cures, later renamed Theranos. By the end of 2004, Elizabeth had raised more than 6 million dollars. Before… Continue reading
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The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body’s Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You
In Sylvia Tara’s book the The Secret Life of Fat, she discusses what some researchers have discovered about fat, she does an excellent job of describing in layperson terms how fat interacts with the body. By the end of the book, I understood that fat was very complex and it was able to effect our… Continue reading
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The Death of Innocents: A True Story of Murder, Medicine, and High-Stake Science
Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up, truth is always stranger than fiction. There are two stories in The Death of Innocents: The first is about Dr. Alfred Steinschneider who based his clinical research on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) on the actions of a serial murderer. In 1970 and 1971 Waneta Hoyt lost… Continue reading