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The curious history of life-saving viruses

Salon

Pharmacies in the nation of Georgia have something ours don’t: vials of viruses in neat rows. “Because making potent phages took considerable time and work, the quality often suffered,” Zeldovich writes. Eastern scientists such as Alexander Sulakvelidze, one of Zeldovich’s main modern characters, who left Georgia after the fall of the Soviet Union, brought the message of phage’s potential. She …

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6 months, 1 week ago

‘Blue Lights,’ a Northern Irish spin on ‘The Wire,’ looks at perils of policing in Belfast

LA Times

Martin McCann and Siân Brooke star as Stevie Neil and Grace Ellis in BritBox’s “Blue Lights,” which the BBC has renewed for another two seasons. If this makes “Blue Lights” sound like Belfast’s answer to “The Wire,” well, that’s exactly what Patterson and Lawn had in mind when they created the show. David Simon’s acclaimed Baltimore-set drama was a huge …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The rebuilt heart of Jason Isbell

NPR

The rebuilt heart of Jason Isbell A decade after getting sober, the singer has succeeded by building a world with no place to hide Enlarge this image toggle caption Jackie Lay/NPR Jackie Lay/NPR Luck favors the prepared, as they say, and young Jason Isbell was ready. Spin, reviewing Isbell's first show with the Truckers, called them "alt country's rockingest neo-rednecks" …

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1 year, 11 months ago

TCU’s Sonny Dykes at home, coaching 1st CFP team from Texas

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Fired from his previous head coaching job and with three young kids at home, the son of longtime college coach Spike Dykes even considered a career change after more than two decades in football. “Being a Texas guy, the state of Texas means a lot to …

Job Football Texas College State Season Patterson

2 years, 6 months ago

Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment

LA Times

Church leaders kept a list of accused predators among Southern Baptist clergy but did little to nothing in response. When Jesus became exasperated with the religious leaders of his day, he called them “blind guides” who “strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.” In the wake of this week’s searing public revelations of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Patriots’ Cam McGrone has battled back from injury before. Can he do it again now at an NFL level?

New York Times

Five years ago this spring, linebacker Cam McGrone was preparing for the biggest transition of his football life. “Once they drop him on the field at 100 percent,” said Will Patterson, who was McGrone’s linebackers coach at Lawrence Central, “it’s going to be a beautiful thing.” Whenever McGrone makes his Patriots debut, the University of Michigan product has the chance …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Bengals draft strategy: ‘Mr. Clutch’ or another kicker might warrant a pick

New York Times

In this 10-part series, Paul Dehner Jr. and Jay Morrison take a deep dive into the Bengals’ draft strategy by taking stock of each position and addressing where need, talent and fit intersect. Bengals’ recent draft history • 2017: Jake Elliott, fifth round • 2000: Neil Rackers, sixth round • 1993: Doug Pelfrey, eighth round Key variable Is it worthwhile …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Cousins, Vikings overcome Patterson return, beat Bears 19-13

Associated Press

CHICAGO — Kirk Cousins will take a victory any day of the week. Cousins threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns, and the Minnesota Vikings overcame a 104-yard kickoff return by Chicago’s Cordarrelle Patterson to beat the Bears 19-13. That’s really what the rest of the season will be all about.” Bears quarterback Nick Foles got taken from the field …

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