Protect your heart with fresh garlic Nov 14, 2009
Louis Pasteur reported on garlic's antibacterial and antifungal powers, which inspired Albert Schweitzer to use it against dysentery in Africa. But now, a team of researchers from the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine have learned how freshly crushed garlic -- as opposed to dried or cooked garlic -- protects the heart. (CNN -- Health)
Astrology Moon in Gemini Nov 4, 2009
Astrology Moon in Gemini. Astrology Moon in Gemini. (Suite101.com)
Matt Buley: Column on raw milk challenged Oct 28, 2009
In the piece, Eberhard recalls learning in school about "a Frenchman named Louis Pasteur ... who tackled the problem of milk that went bad and was suspected, at least by him, of harboring all kinds diseases. In 1864, he perfected a public health breakthrough that eliminated disease from milk, saved lives and made it possible for wider distribution of dairy products.". As a professional brewer and a great admirer of Pasteur, I know a different history. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Council probes Bonitas official for corruption Oct 26, 2009
Also being probed is Nkosi's interest in Prescient Investment, Nkosi's relationship with an owner of a brokerage firm which was allocated Bonitas members, the establishment of a new marketing company, and the scheme's investments in Louis Pasteur hospital, Clinix, and Clansthal Development and Pegma 36. Van Emmenis said the investigation had no immediate impact on members or on the day-to-day running of the scheme. (Business Report, South Africa)
Raw milk is danger to public health Oct 25, 2009
Somewhere in school, we learned about a Frenchman named Louis Pasteur. He was the bright, curious fellow who tackled the problem of milk that went bad and was suspected, at least by him, of harboring all kinds of diseases. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Obama Taxes Pacemakers, Heart Valves Oct 25, 2009
Hell, maybe, it was she, not Louis Pasteur, who first discovered that airborne bacillus could inhibit the growth of Bacillus anthracis. Perhaps, she also discovered the Salk vaccine, performed the first organ transplant, and created the first artificial heart. (Townhall.com)
Revealed: legendary lover's secret island romance Oct 3, 2009
He was the nephew of Louis Pasteur, a 25-year-old scientist who stepped out of his uncle's shadow to come to Sydney and help end the rabbit plague. But the unlikely pair had a passionate romance at an even less likely place: the little hunk of rock known as Rodd Island in Iron Cove. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Who Needs Religion? Sep 30, 2009
"A lot of them at one point. Johan Gutenberg was a Catholic. Architects of the Renaissance were all Catholics. The great scientist of heredity/genetics was Gregor Mendel, a Catholic priest. Louis Pasteur and Mdm. Curie (who discovered radium) were Catholics.". - That people involved in scientific research were Catholics is not the same as saying the Catholic church invented the sciences. (Townhall.com)
A Practical Manual for Everyone -- Survival Instructor Offers Practical Guide On Being Prepared All the Time Sep 18, 2009
LAKEWOOD, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Luck favors the prepared, said Louis Pasteur, the brilliant mind behind the pasteurization process. As the developer of many known vaccines today, he thoroughly lived up to his quote by preventing many a sickness early on. (Primezone Releases)
The Second Tier of the Greatest Sci... Sep 5, 2009
Chemist and Biologist Louis Pasteur. He was a scientist whose work affected ordinary citizens medically. (Suite101.com)
Wine is a Healthy Drink Sep 5, 2009
Louis Pasteur, the father of the sanitation process aptly named Pasteurization, which we associate with milk, was also utilized for wines. As a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his work in creating vaccines and treatments for illnesses, he led the way in elimination of microorganisms. (Suite101.com)
Arabic chemists from the 'Golden Age' given long overdue credit Aug 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2009 You've heard of Louis Pasteur and George Washington Carver, no doubt. And probably Joseph Priestley, one of the founders of modern chemistry. (EurekAlert!)
Protein plays unexpected role protecting chromosome tips Aug 14, 2009
D., of the Institut de Gntique et de Biologie Molculaire et Cellulaire at the Universit Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg in France. Funding was provided by grants from the National Institutes of Health and from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche, and the Foundation de la Recherche Medicale in France. (EurekAlert!)
Anthrax Bacteria Conspire With Viruses To Stay Alive Aug 14, 2009
The secret life of anthrax-causing bacteria emerged from a seemingly innocuous observation made by Louis Pasteur more than 100 years ago. The famous bacteriologist found that earthworms were associated with anthrax-infected animal carcasses in the ground and hypothesized that the earthworm could play an important role in the life cycle of the deadly pest. (Science Daily)
* Letters from the White Terror era Jul 15, 2009
From Huang Wen-kungs admission documents, she learned that the person he most admired was Louis Pasteur, the father of bacteriology. VISIT. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Sotomayor Promises "Fidelity to the Law" Jul 14, 2009
"From the beginning, the American Philosophical Society attracted some of America's finest minds. Early members included George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine, David Rittenhouse, Owen Biddle, Benjamin Rush, James Madison, Michael Hillegas, and John Marshall. The Society also drew philosophers from other nations as members, including Alexander von Humboldt, the Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Yekaterina Romanovna... (CBS News)
Letters entertaining Jun 24, 2009
"Good point! Who ever heard of a nonprofit health research group? Such things exist only in the fever dreams of liberals.I haven't even bothered to look this up, so here's your chance to zing me. But I'm pretty sure Jonas Salk, Louis Pasteur and I don't know, let's say Albert Schweitzer had motives other than profit. How much profit do the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association pull in while they look for a cure?This is not to say that profit isn't a powerful motivator, but I... (Helena Independent Record)
Pulling Back to Health Jun 19, 2009
The great scientist Louis Pasteur was often vilified in public for his challenging theories, but rather than give up and succumb to ignorant opinions, Pasteur was determined to defend what he thought was true. Through irrefutable and meticulous experimentation, Pasteur was able to prove his theories on the microbial cause of disease. (Human Events Online)
Village of big science, big water, small pleasures May 31, 2009
Created by Frances Lillie, who came in 1894 to study at the MBL, the garden offers a bench where you can contemplate the messages inscribed on the bell tower (Lillie named the two bells for Roman Catholic scientists Gregor Mendel and Louis Pasteur) and the prolific flowers with names like Lady's Slipper, Lady's Mantle, and Madonna Lily invoking the Virgin Mary. The 700,000 daffodils may have passed, but the rhododendrons will be blooming in Spohr Gardens, an out-of-the-way landscape off Oyster... (Boston Globe)
Bernanke: Crisis has 'dominated my waking hours' May 23, 2009
Bernanke also offered wisdom from references to Bank of England Governor Mervyn King (the object of central banks should be to make monetary policy as boring as possible), scientist Louis Pasteur ("Chance favors the prepared mind"), and Beatle John Lennon ("Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans"). Contributing: Reuters. (USA Today -- Money)
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS: Read it all May 23, 2009
Or, to borrow another aphorism, this one from Louis Pasteur: "Chance favors the prepared mind.". When I look back at my own life, at least from one perspective, I see a sequence of accidents and unforeseeable events. (USA Today -- Money)
Letters to the editor (5/19/09) May 19, 2009
I am proud to be in the faith company of Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Johannes Kepler, Robert Boyle, Sir Isaac Newton, Blaise Pascal, George Cuvier, Charles Babbage, Lord Kelvin, Gregor Mendel, Louis Agassiz. Robert Boyle, father of modern chemistry, viewed nature as "a mechanism that has been set in motion by the creator at the beginning and now functioned according to secondary laws, which could be studied by science." He stressed that scientific research "helped to reveal the greatness of... (Anchorage Daily News)
USC partners with French drug discovery company on computer modeling effort Apr 28, 2009
" Thus, says Baudry, the collaboration was a "natural," and represents an example of the new emphasis on "translational" science, realized through collaborations that extend to, and include, industry, including researchers at USC, the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, not far from the Mulhouse home of Rhenovia, and engineering and scientific staff at Rhenovia Pharma itself. Coordination and management are accomplished through weekly conference calls, e-mail, and travel to and from... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Today In the Kitchen: Versatile garlic Apr 5, 2009
Hippocrates used the fumes to treat cancer, and Louis Pasteur reported that it killed bacteria. During World War II, when penicillin and sulfa drugs were scarce, diluted garlic solutions were used as an antiseptic to disinfect wounds of war and prevent dreaded gangrene. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Bill Gates, China Join Forces Against TB Apr 2, 2009
Also related to M. Tuberculosis are Mycobacterium Leprae (M. leprae) the bacterium that causes leprosy, and Mycobacterium Bovis (M. Bovis), which caused TB in patients from drinking non-pasturized milk, the reason that Louis Pasteur invented the Pasturization process for milk. Posted by I_am_me1953 at 8:35 AM : Apr 1, 2009. (CBS News)
Hidden in plain sight Mar 30, 2009
Across the way is Simmons College, which straddles Avenue Louis Pasteur with Emmanuel College ... A bit farther down Avenue Louis Pasteur is the Boston Latin School, the oldest school in the United States, having been founded in 1635. (Boston Globe)
Health Care Workers Battle Super Bugs Mar 23, 2009
In 1890 Louis Pasteur was ridiculed by doctors when he demanded that doctors wash their hands between patients. 130 years later the problem remains. (CBS News)
Joseph Lister Antiseptic Surgery an... Mar 17, 2009
Lister had read and heard of the famous experiments of Louis Pasteur. Pasteur proved that the air around us harbors living microbes. (Suite101.com)
Army Corps plans to unearth buried stretch of Brookline's Muddy River Mar 6, 2009
The Corps also plans to open up a section of the river now buried near Avenue Louis Pasteur and rebuild a small island that was part of Olmsted s historic design. Basically, daylighting means getting rid of the culverts and making the river flow again, so it now sees the daylight as opposed to being in a pipe, said Michael Keegan, project manager for the Army Corps of Engineers. (Brookline TAB, MA)
MHS expands with online campus Feb 16, 2009
Chance favors the prepared, said Green, quoting Louis Pasteur in describing SDMA s build-up to an online educational platform. The district has been preparing for a sophisticated techno-curriculum for three years. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Essay: Charles Darwin must go so evolution may live Feb 14, 2009
In 1860 Louis Pasteur performed experiments that eventually disproved spontaneous generation, the idea that life continually arose from nonliving things. Science has marched on. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Evolving Darwin Feb 13, 2009
That would be a bit like saying medicine peaked when Louis Pasteur demonstrated that germs cause diseases. Today biologists are exploring evolution at a level of detail far beyond what Darwin could, and they're discovering that evolution sometimes works in ways the celebrated naturalist never imagined. (TIME)
Pharmacyclics Announces Appointment of New Management Team and Board Director to Accelerate Its Future Growth Feb 13, 2009
Dr. Zanganeh received her degree from Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France and her MBA from Schiller International University in France. She is fluent in French, German, Persian & English. (PR Newswire)
