When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson

05 February 2007

Serendipity

Her carefully cultured cells were dead and Katherine Schaefer was annoyed, but just a few minutes later, the researcher realized she had stumbled onto a potential new cancer treatment.
Lab disaster may lead to new cancer drug (Reuters via Yahoo News)

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...'"
-- Isaac Asimov

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