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Check out those designer genes…
Interesting article Medco Expands Push to Better Match Patients to Drugs With Genetic Testing posted in Seeking Alpha by Michael Fitzhugh from The Burrill Report. Quick quote: “Medco, which already uses genetic testing to help guide usage of the blood thinner warfarin and the breast cancer drug tamoxifen, in February acquired the San Francisco-based genetic [...]
“Wild East or Scientific Feast?” Hawker centers peddle stem cell miracles.
In the short article “Wild East or Scientific Feast?” published in the January 14, 2010 issue of The Economist, the author highlights the flourish in stem cell science in China as measured by papers published in respected, internationally peer-reviewed journals. In contrast to such solid and honest scientific advances, some of which impact my own [...]
Medicine, media and accountability: What’s the hazard ratio of that?
Here is a copy of an email I received from a friend the other day (all bold emphasis is mine): Begin forwarded message: From: Chetan xxxxxxxx Date: February 9, 2010 11:51:46 PM SST To: Tej Deol Subject: 2 cokes a day… You were saying that there is no issue drinking several cokes a day… the [...]
