Defending Science and Reason requires suffering the slings and arrows from the army of doubters who embrace myths, conspiracies, pseudoscience and age-old quackery. Cast of Characters: Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD, Nominated: Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services | Robert Kennedy Jr. : Nominated: Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services | Jay Bhattacharya,…
Defending Science and Reason requires suffering the slings and arrows from the army of doubters who embrace myths, conspiracies, pseudoscience and age-old quackery. Cast of Characters: President Donald Trump Published: Jan. 13, 2026 | The next piece of the cartoon puzzle will be published: Jan. 22, 2025
Defending Science and Reason requires suffering the slings and arrows from the army of doubters who embrace myths, conspiracies, pseudoscience and age-old quackery. Cast of Characters: Xavier Becerra, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services | Mandy Cohen, MD, M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H., Director, National Institute…
Milestones in Diabetes illustrates major milestones from the first administration of the hormone insulin in 1921 to a recent National Institutes of Health study into causes of atypical diabetes. Published: Jul. 24, 2023.
Milestones in Parkinson’s illustrates advancements in the disease from James Parkinson’s essay on ‘shaking palsy’ to development of therapies, the role of pathophysiology and the role of critical genes in Lewy Body Dementia. Published: May 31, 2023.
The Evolution of DNA II is an update of our previous Illustration with new dialogue, and extensive very small detail, requiring magnification, to thoroughly enjoy. Cast of Characters: Gregor Mendel | Charles Darwin | Herbert Spencer | Alfred Russel Wallace | Penny the Prokaryote | Ed the Eukaryote | Lucy the Lung Fish | Cindy…
Women’s History Month II celebrates the pioneering achievements of women doctors who served from the battlefield to the neglected communities; advanced chemotherapies and developed a novel therapy for malaria that helps millions. Published: Mar. 20, 2023
The Biology of Valentines illustrates the biological components of love combined with realities of life.
Our Milestones in CRISPR cartoon illustrates several significant achievements in the development of the technology with commentary by Polly D’ Osuar; Erik Von Muis, Ph.D., Director, Centers for Human Disease Control; and| Michelle Mousee, MD, Ph.D., Director, Institutes for Human Research & Behavior. Published: Jan. 23, 2023.
Milestones in Polio illustrates the slow but steady advancements from its clinical description and discovery to widespread infection and, finally a cure from a disease that has affected humanity around the world for millennia. Published: Dec. 26, 2022.
On Sept. 14, 2022, The U.S. Biotech Initiative was announced detailing new investments and resources to advance the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing industry. Published: Nov. 21, 2022
COVID-19 has significantly changed the world around us, especially the management of life science companies and organizations, and the juggling of operational issues and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory environment. Published: Sept. 27, 2022
Play the COVID-19 Wheel of Fortune and see how lucky you are! You have two wheels to choose from. Which wheel are you going to spin? Are you feeling lucky?? Published: Jun. 27, 2022
Asian American and Pacific Islander History Month celebrates the scientific accomplishments of several firsts, from the first chemo for children with Leukemia, and oral contraceptives, to the cloning of HIV and unlocking HIV replication. Published: May 23, 2022
The Evolution of DNA is an Illustration with the very small, requiring magnification, to the very large. Cast of Characters: Gregor Mendel | Charles Darwin | Herbert Spencer | Alfred Russel Wallace | Penny the Prokaryote | Ed the Eukaryote | Lucy the Lung Fish | Cindy the Centipede | Harold the Hylonomus | Doris…
Women’s History Month celebrates the Nobel achievements of Marie Curie and her work with radon; Barbara McClintock for jumping genes; Rosalind Franklin for X-ray diffraction; and Jennifer Doudna and Emmannuelle Charpentier for advancing CRISPR CAS-9 gene editing. Published: Mar. 21, 2022
Black History Month Celebrates the pioneering accomplishments of James McCune Smith, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, Alexa Canady and Patricia E. Bath for their ground-breaking advancements in medicine. Published: Feb. 21, 2022
The Evolution of CRISPR illustrates its climb out of the primordial oceananic soup on the backs of eukaryotic cells and their friends to its discovery, characterization and patenting by scientists like Francisco Mojica, Virginijus Šikšnys, and Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna. Published: Jan. 24, 2022
Our Heroes and Remembrance illustration has Maurice Ralph Hilleman and John Enders, pioneering developers of common vaccines, and Clara Barton who served as a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, looking down upon the front line COVID-19 heroes, paying respects to those no longer with us. The Wall of Remembrance lists more than 7,000,000…
The COVID-19 Roller Coaster is a wild ride, strap yourself in and hold on… Cast of Characters: Senator Addison Mitchell McConnell III | Ellie R. Elephant, Reluctant GOP Symbol | Robert Redfield, MD, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Jay Inslee, Governor, Washington | Gavin Newsom, Governor, California | Andrew Cuomo, Governor, New…
Our Life-Saving Vaccines cartoon illustrates four invaluable vaccines that have significantly impacted human civilization throughout history from smallpox and influenza to the development of a measles vaccine and a cure for polio, a disease that previously paralyzed or killed over half a million people worldwide every year from 1940-1950. There is a reason why these…
Cast of Characters: Jay Inslee, Governor, Washington | Gavin Newsom, Governor, California | Doug Ducey, Governor, Arizona | Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Greg Abbott, Governor, Texas | Kristi Noem, Governor, South Dakota | Francis Collins, MD, Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health | President Joe Biden…
Cast of Characters: Jay Inslee, Governor, Washington | Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | Gavin Newsom, Governor, California | Doug Ducey, Governor, Arizona | Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Kristi Noem, Governor, South Dakota | Ellie R. Elephant, Reluctant GOP…
Cast of Characters: Jay Inslee, Governor, Washington | Gavin Newsom, Governor, California | Doug Ducey, Governor, Arizona | Deborah Brix, MD, Director, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator | Kristi Noem, Governor, South Dakota | Greg Abbott, Governor, Texas | PPE Auctioneer | Greg Abbott, Governor, Texas | Ellie R. Elephant, Reluctant GOP Symbol | Mitch McConnell,…
Cast of Characters: Donald Trump, President | Mike Pence, Vice President | Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | Deborah Brix, MD, Director, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator | Andrew Cuomo, Governor, New York | Gavin Newsom, Governor, California | Jay Inslee, Governor, Washington | Doug Ducey, Governor, Arizona |…
COVID-19 and it’s naysayers are attacking Science and Reason. The defenders must suffer the slings and arrows from the army of doubters who throw science, logic and reason out the window, and embrace age-old quackery. Epic Cast of Characters: Donald Trump, President | Mike Pence, Vice President | Sean Hannity, POX News Host | Kayleigh…