Patented medicine: Trail of money follows trail of tears
Baseball legend Lou Gehrig immortalized himself in 1939 as "the luckiest man on the face of this earth." Over 70 years after Gehrig's heart-breaking speech, however, there's precious little luck for sufferers of the fatal disease often bearing his name. However, a local doctor's drug discovery– combined with the an entrepreneurial strategy by an up-and-coming office affiliated with the University of Virginia– may change the outlook for patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
As the drug, dexpramipexole, begins serving up good news for UVA in the form of millions of dollars in licensing and royalty fees, it comes with some painful baggage in the form of 15 ALS patients who saw their access unceremoniously snatched away.
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Unhidden treasure: Rock Hill estate gardens revealed
Some of the space was already cleared last month by volunteers. PHOTO BY BOB FENWICK The gardens of Rock Hill, a historic Park Street estate that's now the overgrown back ...
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New work on view at McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, This one's a personal favorite, "Juvenile," ink on paper, by Selena Hitzeman. ~ Bill Emory puts up a new photo e...
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