A Stalinist antibiotic alternative

Article Abstract:

Bacteriophages, pioneered in the early 1900's and marketed in the 1930s by Eli Lilly, may be the answer to antibiotic resistance. Research at the Institute of Bacteriology in Tiblisi, Russia, begun in 1934, had mapped 300 specific phage clones.

Analysis, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Microbial drug resistance, Bacteriophages, Microbiological research

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The orphans' war: she lost her parents in Chechnya. Now Aysa fights for a safe place to live

Article Abstract:

The plight of an 8-year-old Chechen orphan, relegated to a temporary railroad car 'shelter' since fleeing Grozny in 1988, is told she is being sent to an orphanage in Ukraine.

Ukraine, Personal narratives, Column, Chechnya, Russia, Emigration and immigration, Refugees, Refugees, Russian, Russian refugees

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Lies I lived; until my epiphany at age 8, I was just another cog in the clanking machinery of Soviet secrecy

Article Abstract:

Memories of a student in the Soviet Union are recounted. In particular, memories of the obsession with secrecy are recalled and condemned.

Political aspects, Schools, Elementary school students, Soviet Union, Secrecy

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