Top Professor Ousted as His Research on Tylenol Became Too Much of a Headache for His University and Big Pharma

Top Professor Ousted as His Research on Tylenol Became Too Much of a Headache for His University and Big Pharma
Infants’ Tylenol brand fever and pain reliever is seen in a home in Toronto on Oct. 7, 2022. Giordano Ciampini/The Canadian Press
Jennifer Margulis
Joe Wang
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Immunologist and biochemist William Parker is a well-spoken, well-published academic who’s famous for being on time with every deadline. He was part of the research team that discovered the function of the appendix as a harbor for beneficial bacteria.

Working with different surgeons over the years, he would examine transplanted tissue to look for immune markers, train undergraduates and medical school students in the scientific method, and teach students how to set up experiments.

Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of “Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family.” A Fulbright awardee and mother of four, she has worked on a child survival campaign in West Africa, advocated for an end to child slavery in Pakistan on prime-time TV in France, and taught post-colonial literature to nontraditional students in inner-city Atlanta. Learn more about her at JenniferMargulis.net
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