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NEWS ABOUT: pathology

pathology stories: 4 news summaries


 Harvard Probes 
 Poisoning at 
 Med School Lab 

Office coffee caused fainting, dizziness, ringing in the ears

Oct 25, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harvard Medical School is investigating after six workers in the pathology department were poisoned by coffee prepared near their lab. The researchers and students were treated and released after suffering dizziness, low blood pressure, and other symptoms during the August incident. "As the investigation continues, we are being prudent... More »

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Harvard Medical School • coffee • poison • toxin • pathology • Harvard • Harvard University • poisoning • sodium azide

Eye Trouble May Have Affected Galileo's Observations

Scientists want to exhume astronomer

Jan 22, 09 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Galileo’s vision problems may have distorted some of his findings, Reuters reports. Scientists want to exhume the scientist’s body to determine, through DNA tests, the exact nature of his eye condition. “If we knew exactly what was wrong with his eyes we could use computer models to... More »

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astronomy • disease • DNA • Saturn • Galileo • pathology • eyes

Thomas Weller, Who Won Nobel for Polio Work, Dead at 93

Work paved way for Salk, Sabin vaccines

Aug 25, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thomas Weller, whose research on polio won him a share of a Nobel Prize in 1954, died this weekend at 93, the Boston Globe reports. Weller, along with colleagues John Enders and Frederick Robbins, discovered that the polio virus preyed on muscles, not nerve tissue as had been previously thought.... More »

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medicine • obituary • vaccine • virus • pathology • Nobel Prize • polio • Thomas Weller • Jonas Salk • Albert Sabin

Doctor Killed Beethoven,
Says Pathologist

Hair analysis suggests lead poisoning of composer 180 years ago

Aug 29, 07 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's not exactly  CSI, but the classical era now has its own forensic murder investigation. A new Austrian study has concluded that Ludwig von Beethoven died from overdoses of lead administered by his doctor with the intention of healing him. Beethoven suffered from cirrhosis of the liver, and that... More »

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lead poisoning • composer • doctor • pathology • Betthoven

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