ANDREA SLOAN, an ovarian cancer patient whose efforts to get access to a BioMarin drug attracted national media attention, died from complications of pneumonia Jan. 1 (The Cancer Letter, Nov. 8, 2013). Sloan, an Austin attorney, was 45.
The winners of the 2014 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE in fundamental physics and life sciences were announced Dec. 12 at the NASA Ames Center, in Mountain View, Calif.
