The Davis-Beirut Reaction

The Davis-Beirut is a new chemical reaction discovered by Mark Kurth from the University of California and Makhluf Haddadin from the American University of Beirut. The Davis City Council "congratulated and thanked the scientists by way of a proclamation , acknowledging “with gratitude the honor and recognition bestowed on the entire Davis community". Here's more info on the new chemical reaction found for those interested: The Davis-Beirut Reaction converts a 2-nitrobenzylamine to a 2H-indazole by…

Lebanese Detroit Doctor Gave Chemo to Patients Without Cancer

Dr. Fata is due in court Tuesday and his bond has been set at $170,000. If convicted, he might face up to 20 years in jail. Having said that, I don't think 20 years will be enough to repair the damage he's done in the past two years. I mean seriously! What the hell was going through this guy's mind to do that? Here are few excerpts from Medscape.com "This oncologist and other employees also…
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R.I.P Law 174?

12 years ago
I passed by Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhail yesterday and most people were outside the pubs smoking. You could see large crowds at some point in Mar Mikhail almost blocking the road. I even spotted some ...
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Help Peter Dagher

12 years ago
[YouTube] Over the past 25 years, only 54 patients have been diagnosed worldwide with Plazmacytoid Dendretic Cells Leukemia. Peter Dagher is one of them unfortunately. He is in need of money to perform a bone ...
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One Wig Stand: Make The Cut Campaign

12 years ago
I got to know Loryne Atoui and her NGO OneWigStand from TEDxBeirut but then I met Loryne on two occasions, one of which was during the shooting of Min el Ekhir where she was presenting ...
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Fattest countries in the Arab world: Kuwait tops the list, Lebanon in 8th position

12 years ago
A graphic was posted recently on the DailyMail showing the average body mass index values for adults around the globe. Kuwait is officially now the fattest country in the world, followed by the United States ...
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