Eileen McCormack
@randomeileen
Celebrating Life. Sharing unrelated musings, learnings and fun stuff.
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06-03-2012 02:35:06
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This isn’t a random scientist who got lucky. Mariano Barbacid discovered the first human oncogene in 1982. He isolated H-RAS from bladder cancer cells and proved a single point mutation could trigger cancer. That finding launched the entire field of molecular oncology. KRAS
Of all the things I've been wrong about, the failure of edtech is the most disappointing. I was so taken with Khan Academy's notion of the "flipped classroom" (world class lectures online, collaborative work in the classroom), but a combination of the disastrous Covid-era
Two major defeats for Trump last night will set up two must-watch moments of political theater today — and serve as further evidence of the White House's rocky road ahead. More in this morning's POLITICO Playbook 👇 politi.co/4tNr9IP
My new The Atlantic article about our win in tariff case. Covers many issues, including major questions, nondelegation, implications for rule of law, and Trump's plan to use Section 122 to impose new tariffs (gift link): theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/…