Comments on: Reading chemical memories of past drug use http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/body-keeping-tally-of-past-drug-use/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: ideonexus.com » Blog Archive » Science Links for Moonday, 20091116 http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/body-keeping-tally-of-past-drug-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 ideonexus.com » Blog Archive » Science Links for Moonday, 20091116 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:02:22 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=5681#comment-1927 [...] attempting to find unambiguous evidence of past drug use in white blood cells is supposed to help researchers better analyze the long term effects of drug [...] [...] attempting to find unambiguous evidence of past drug use in white blood cells is supposed to help researchers better analyze the long term effects of drug [...]

]]> By: Lawrence Turner http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/body-keeping-tally-of-past-drug-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 Lawrence Turner Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:36:49 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=5681#comment-1921 Even dreaming to find a particular cellular effect due to one specific chemical standing alone sounds highly suspect - especially when you see that the goal is to "characterize millions of biomolecules", "search them for various signatures" and design testing regimens that can be "read reliably and unambiguously." Obviously people with the "wrong" biochemical signatures will have to be made "right." Even dreaming to find a particular cellular effect due to one specific chemical standing alone sounds highly suspect – especially when you see that the goal is to “characterize millions of biomolecules”, “search them for various signatures” and design testing regimens that can be “read reliably and unambiguously.”

Obviously people with the “wrong” biochemical signatures will have to be made “right.”

]]> By: Lee http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/body-keeping-tally-of-past-drug-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1838 Lee Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:46:38 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=5681#comment-1838 Yikes. I don't see how this is a good thing. It will be used much more for discriminatory purposes then it will ever be able to help doctors tailor treatments. Yikes. I don’t see how this is a good thing. It will be used much more for discriminatory purposes then it will ever be able to help doctors tailor treatments.

]]> By: Alecco http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/body-keeping-tally-of-past-drug-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1816 Alecco Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:51:29 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=5681#comment-1816 Great, just what big corporations need. Great, just what big corporations need.

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