In 1913 the architect A.E. Doyle built a beach cottage in Manzanita, a lonely hamlet on the wild Oregon coast. He built it for Mary Isom, Portland’s head librarian. (Doyle finished Portland’s lovely new “crown jewel,” the Central Library, the same year.) Among library staff Mary is informally considered our Continue Reading
Apomab redux
One other tidbit this week: turns out we’d been given incorrect information about the Apomab drug trial ditching the placebo. This week (with some chagrin) oncology staff let us know Val’s Apomab trail is unchanged, and half the participants will still receive a placebo instead of the drug, although that Continue Reading