A Massive Dose of Measles Virus Wiped Out This Woman’s Cancer

A Massive Dose of Measles Virus Wiped Out This Woman's Cancer

Stacy Erholtz didn’t have many options to treat her blood cancer left when she agreed to being injected with the equivalent of 10 million doses of measles vaccine. Hours later, she was vomiting and feverish. Months later, her cancer was gone. This landmark result—if replicated in larger clinical trials—could open the door to new therapy that uses viruses to target cancer cells.

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A Massive Dose of Measles Virus Wiped Out This Woman’s Cancer

Here’s The FCC’s Language Asking For Comment On Banning “Pay-For-Priority Service”

Screen Shot 2014-05-15 at 2.41.12 PM After much sturm und drang, the Federal Communications Commission this morning voted to proceed on a set of controversial net neutrality rules. The proposed regulations now enter a four month comment period. Expect there to be shouting. This morning the FCC voted to move forward with a set of proposed rules to collect public response. Most controversial in the proposals is the potential for the… Read More


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Here’s The FCC’s Language Asking For Comment On Banning “Pay-For-Priority Service”

World War I in Photos: Technology

American troops using a newly-developed acoustic locator, mounted on a wheeled platform. The large horns amplified distant sounds, monitored through headphones worn by a crew member, who could direct the platform to move and pinpoint distant enemy aircraft. Development of passive acoustic location accelerated during World War I, later surpassed by the development of radar in the 1940s.





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World War I in Photos: Technology