Before testing new drugs in human beings, drug developers must first perform a series of safety tests in animals. Unfortunately, these preclinical toxicology studies are typically protected as trade secrets. In fact, many countries have laws that specifically bar drug regulators from releasing preclinical toxicology data submitted by drug developers. Unless you take the extreme… Continue reading Toxic Waste?
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Just the FACS: Reprise on Insertional Mutagenesis
I‘ve just returned from the annual European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy meeting in Belgium. Lots of great material for upcoming posts. For now, I want to follow on the last posting on the leukemias in the X-SCID study. A warning: those lacking a stomach for science geek-talk might want to skip this posting.… Continue reading Just the FACS: Reprise on Insertional Mutagenesis