How do you create laws to protect citizens in areas where you are not familiar? That’s a very good question and today members of Congress are being presented with that exact task. There’s a ton of research to be done by staff members and what also helps is there own participation as consumers...
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I have posted on this before and below is the prior article about Becky McCain. This is fascinating to listen to her comments and anyone can benefit here. She states that the dangers are being hid and is requesting OSHA coverage for workers due to the condition she contracted as a molecular...
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As mentioned in prior posts, is Plavix a good candidate for personalized medicine, since it is a blood thinner. Right now with the new warning, it is basically telling you that it might not work for you so with a test perhaps the guess work someday could be eliminated. FDA To look at benefits...
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Not too long ago I posed about a Scientist at Pfizer and her story on what happened and how she became ill. There’s quite a bit to it including an explosion at the facility where she worked and disposal of lab material. This story today talks about a death so perhaps standards on working...
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This is very interesting listening to one molecular researcher speaking about safety in the work place, unlike other workplace areas, Biotech areas are not covered by OSHA. The molecular researcher caught a virus from someone else doing work at here workstation. The video is well worth listening...
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It sounds like it’s going to take the NIH’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) clinical trial to get someone to pay for the genetic test for dosing warfarin. It begins in April of this year for 1200 participants. We want the testing, it can help save lives and give physicians...
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As posted a couple weeks ago, perhaps Plavix might be next on the list for a personalized medicine review as it is said to metabolize differently in some individuals than others? BD From a prior post: Plavix – What’s the next step for doctors and patients – possible genetic testing in the...
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We want personalized medicine to move forward, but now we are back to the same question, who’s going to pay for the Warfarin Test? As just the opposite is occurring in the UK from a prior post. They want folks to have the test. London has taken a pioneering step into the world of personalized...
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Will Plavix be the next drug up for a genetic test? There are not many alternative drugs either that could easily replace the functionality of Plavix, it is a blood thinner. One idea would be to monitor patients with poor liver or kidney metabolization. as suggested here , a blog written...
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