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"After three years of follow-up, new HIV infections were observed in 74 of the 8,198 people who received the placebo, but in only 51 of the 8,197 given the vaccine, a statistically significant 31% reduction." (latimes)
if you do the math-
74/8198 vs. 51/8197. p value = 0.047
if one less person in the placebo group had gotten HIV:
73/8198 vs. 51/8197. p value = 0.058
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| meet sting, she's a desert rose :)
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| research.
priceless1:
crazy premed: so what do you do?
me: i'm a graduate student in biochemistry. i study leukemia.
crazy premed: oh congrats! that's not too bad [of a place to end up - compared to med school]
me: um...thanks.
HAHA. brilliant.
pro2: you get to work on the ideas that most people can only dream of and hope for.
con3: mice eat their babies. and they cannibalize each other.
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| research.
pro1: you get paid to do things that don't work.
con1: you don't get paid much.
con2: you can work on something for a decade and it might end up being a dead end.
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| in the middle of a very serious conversation with my sister on gchat...she stops talking and then a couple minutes later...she texts me: "i trapped a big bug in the computer room so i cant go in any more. sorry"
HAHA.
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