As drug industry’s influence over research grows, so does the potential for bias The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. You’re all set! Sign up Steven Nissen, a heart specialist at The Cleveland Clinic, has linked pharmaceutical drugs such as Vioxx and Avandia with high cardiovascular
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could rapidly outgrow its parent and damage the company’s hitherto collaborative culture. The growth could even sidetrack Mazumdar-Shaw and Biocon’s directors into pursuing a possibly futile dream of creating one of the only fully integrated drug discovery and development companies in India. Yet if Biocon chose not to pursue the promise of Clinigene, it might be trapped forever in the brutally
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Many different inventions had led Renaissance explorers to travel more effectively. Such as the design that helped explorers determine their direction astronomically, the advanced magnetic compass let them determine very accurate ways of direction. Maps, as well, played an important factor in guiding explorers to reach their well appointed destination. Sails on boats, instead of the excruciating maneuvers of manpower let ships flow more freely efficiently.The impact that The Travels of Marco Polo
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Marco Polo was one of the most important European explorers that traveled from Europe to Asia. When Marco was fifteen, he, his father and uncle set off to Asia. The journey was about three years long and they stayed in China for seventeen years. Three years later they returned to Venice, and Marco Polo was appointed commander of a Venetian ship in a war against Genoa. He was captured and, while being held in a Genovese prison, he met a prisoner named Rustichello. Marco told him of all his adventures
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An adventure through Jared Diamond’s eyes showing how he came to learn that these were the reasons the Europeans were so successful in the new world. Jared Diamond proves that farms, diseases, and weapons are the reasons the Europeans were successful in the new world. Jared Diamond seeks evidence to be able to show the world that these reasons are true. Will he be able to prove to the world that these reasons are true? The Europeans had farming on their side in the new world. Their civilizations
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The Age of Exploration was a time period during the 15th and 16th centuries when Europeans searched for new trade routes to China and India. Instead, they discovered North and South America by the Europeans. This had both positive and negative impacts on Europe. The Age of Exploration brought together Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. There were to main types of exchange; Biological and Cultural. In the Biological exchange they traded plants, animals, and diseases. In the Cultural exchange they
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Many of what humans know today is known because of the era of exploration. Islands, continents, oceans, and lands were all discovered in this era. It was a time of trade, spices, routes, and flags. People went on ships out into the wide open see to explore. The most famous explorers were Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, and John Cabot. This time was more positive than negative. There were many positive effects exploration. In this era, people were exploring new lands and connecting people oceans
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Once isolated New and Old societies were brought together through a new age that would resonate through history generation after generation. This being the Age of Exploration, occurring during the early 1400’s through the middle 1750’s. There were several causes of the Age of Exploration which in turn produced both positive and negative effects of the colonization of the New World. The initial driving forces of this age were trade, religion, and land claims. These motives eventually created issues
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Before the 1800’s, China regarded itself as the center of the universe. They controlled most of the Indian Ocean by running trade systems with foreigners. Zheng He was one of the most prominent, powerful “explorers”. Zheng was a Muslim who led seven voyages throughout the Indian Ocean expeditions between 1405 and 1433. He practically isn’t recognized as an “explorer” because he was completely aware of the ocean before his trip; he simply voyaged around the area to trade. China that time didn’t necessarily
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Exploration A Resource to Accompany History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism Brings Learning Alive! Teachers’ Curriculum Institute 1 Introduction I n this reading, you will learn about the Age of Exploration. This period of discovery lasted from about 1418 to 1620. During this time, European explorers made many daring voyages that changed world history. A major reason for these voyages was the desire to find sea routes to east Asia, which Europeans called the Indies. When Christopher
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