Posted on 01/30/2017 12:03:52 PM PST by PJ-Comix
A tiny self-propelled drug-delivery device might someday make taking antibiotics safer and more efficient. Think of it as a tiny submarine scooting around inside your stomach, fueled by the acid there.
Oral antibiotics are commonly prescribed life-saving drugs. Once an antibiotic is swallowed, it takes a trip to the stomach, where there's lots of acid. That stomach acid can break chemical bonds in the antibiotic and deactivate it.
(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...
I thought that was last night’s enchiladas scooting around.
G-G-G-G-NOT GUILTY!!
Bob Hope dances with actress Raquel Welch during his 1967 Christmas tour of U.S. bases in the Far East. Among the other performers on the tour were singer Barbara McNair and Miss World, Madeline Hartog Bel.
http://www.stripes.com/photoday/welch/pages/welch_hope01.html
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FOXNEWS.COM HOME: YOUR WORLD W/ NEIL CAVUTO
Transcript: American Beauty
August 12, 2005
NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: When you think of Hollywood legends or at least when I think of Hollywood legends, my next guest really comes to mind. She's a Golden Globe winner, she's a Broadway star, and did I mention, she is — oh gosh — she is a knockout. On Saturday [August 13, 2005], actress Raquel Welch will be honored by the Vietnam Veterans of America for entertaining the troops with Bob Hope back in 1968.
Whew! I hope my blood pressure can handle this! :-)
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