It is with the heaviest of hearts that I feel I must break the news of the
death of my dear friend, Nicholas Regush, publisher and editor of
RedFlags.
This is a terrible personal loss, as he was my mentor, my trusted
adviser, and my partner. But most of all he was my friend, and I am simply
devastated.
His death, however, should be recognized as a huge loss to anyone who
cares about the future health of our fragile Earth's inhabitants.
As many of you know, Nicholas was a champion of the truth and fought with
all his heart and might to restore integrity, sanity, and honesty to medicine.
Sadly, it was his heart that gave out.
Barbara Lewis, his beloved and adoring wife of 30 years, is going to try
to continue his website, in order to honor his work and his legacy.
We can all hope that she is successful and that her heart will eventually
heal from her tragic loss.
"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
Sandy's Scandals Column
Past and current Scandals
- columns by Sandy Gottstein (aka Mintz)*
* ►February 8, 2010 - Inovio
Biomedical Cervical Cancer Therapeutic Vaccine Generates Dose-Related
Immune Response in Clinical Trial - Inovio via BusinessWire
via Technology Marketing Corporation - "VGX-3100 is a DNA vaccine
targeting the E6 and E7 proteins of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16
and 18 and is delivered via in vivo electroporation. Similar to
previously reported data from the initial lowest dose cohort of this
phase I trial, the vaccine was found to be generally safe and well
tolerated. While previously reported data showed significant cellular
and humoral immune responses, data from this second, intermediate dose
group highlighted a significantly increased and dose-related immune
response specific to the antigens targeted by the vaccine."..."While
recent HPV preventive vaccines have been successful in protecting
against infections that may lead to cervical cancer, Inovio's
therapeutic vaccine targets the millions of women already infected with
HPV and is intended to treat pre-cancerous cells and cervical cancer
caused by this virus. Current vaccines do not serve this group of
women," Dr. Kim added."
* ►February 6, 2010 - Autism
Findings Retracted
- The New American - "Actress Holly Robinson Peete remembers, 'When my
son was two-and-a-half, he was just recovering from an ear infection
and had been on antibiotics, therefore his immune system was
suppressed. He had already missed several appointments for his
vaccination so his pediatrician wanted to catch him up on all of them
in the same day. Althrough I asked if he’d consider waiting or breaking
up the cocktail, which contains three viruses, he laughed me out of the
office and belittled me. I firmly believe that it took my son to a
place of no return and his body could not handle it. He had a violent
reaction with convulsions and then he stopped talking and slipped into
a silence. He no longer said, 'Hi, Mommy,' he no longer responded to
his name and he no longer made eye contact.”