http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/29/artificial-blood-may-lead-to-very-real-death/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:15:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/29/artificial-blood-may-lead-to-very-real-death/#comment-17533 Anon Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:54:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/29/artificial-blood-may-lead-to-very-real-death/#comment-17533 11. You're incredibly pretentious. 11. You’re incredibly pretentious.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/29/artificial-blood-may-lead-to-very-real-death/#comment-6837 John Smith Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:38:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/29/artificial-blood-may-lead-to-very-real-death/#comment-6837 P.s: #6 should have stated "What grounds does Dr Wolfe have? " P.s: #6 should have stated “What grounds does Dr Wolfe have? “

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/29/artificial-blood-may-lead-to-very-real-death/#comment-6836 John Smith Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:37:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/29/artificial-blood-may-lead-to-very-real-death/#comment-6836 1. The article is poorly written 2. Do not put undegrad. student as a second author, for it makes you look bad. 3. Not all "HBBS" are created equal 4. Some of the products examined are actually not blood substitutes but hemoglobin based O2 carriers... 5. Public Citizen sued FDA in 2006, now the group co-authors and article? 6. What grounds does Dr Wolfe has to suggest that MCC in South Africa is not aware of risks involed? Perhaps Dro Sidney Wolf will be kind enough to sue MCC.. He certainly has plenty of experience with FDA... 7. Before a blood substitute becomes a "cash cow"... hundreds of millions of dollars of investors money must be spend on R&D. 8. The risk of heart attacks was not tripled for RR was 2.71 9. Another ridiculous thing that Natanson mentions is that more animal studies should be done. If sponsor has already seen the toxicity why does he need more trials showing the same thing? 10. Why does not table 2 have a total number of patients in "treatment" and "control" arms? 1. The article is poorly written
2. Do not put undegrad. student as a second author, for it makes you look bad.
3. Not all “HBBS” are created equal
4. Some of the products examined are actually not blood substitutes but hemoglobin based O2 carriers…
5. Public Citizen sued FDA in 2006, now the group co-authors and article?
6. What grounds does Dr Wolfe has to suggest that MCC in South Africa is not aware of risks involed? Perhaps Dro Sidney Wolf will be kind enough to sue MCC.. He certainly has plenty of experience with FDA…
7. Before a blood substitute becomes a “cash cow”… hundreds of millions of dollars of investors money must be spend on R&D.
8. The risk of heart attacks was not tripled for RR was 2.71
9. Another ridiculous thing that Natanson mentions is that more animal studies should be done. If sponsor has already seen the toxicity why does he need more trials showing the same thing?
10. Why does not table 2 have a total number of patients in “treatment” and “control” arms?

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