Conundrum of IP 6

THE CONUNDRUM OF EUTHANASIA

There is no ‘ Conundrum ’ of InsP 6 Robin

Indirect assays have claimed to quantify phytate (InsP6) levels in human biofluids, but these have been based on the initial assumption that InsP6 is there, an assumption that our more direct assays disprove. We have shown that InsP6 does not and cannot (because of the presence of an active InsP6 phosphatase in serum) exist in mammalian serum or urine. Therefore, any physiological effects of di...

Human herpesvirus 6 and multiple sclerosis: the continuing conundrum.

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is one of the latest in a long list of infectious agents postulated to play a role in the etiopatho-genesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). It is essential in critically evaluating the still exceedingly controversial association between MS and HHV-6 to understand the basic biology of the virus. HHV-6 was first isolated in 1986 from human peripheral blood mononuclear cell...

the conundrum of euthanasia

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Crop conundrum.

The lead review “Risk assessment of genetically modified crops for nutrition and health” by Magaña-Gómez and Calderon de la Barca,1 ends with a common plea: “more research is needed”. It is valid to put both this plea and the justification for other similar research into perspective. How selective are the reviews that lead to the conclusion that more of such research is needed?What comparators ...