The concept of medicalization is helpful in making clear how this sort of insertion into a medical context is not (or not simply) a response to fixed biological facts, but rather a contingent social and institutional process.
Following is a response to "Fix It, Fred," which ran in Forbes magazine's Feb. 11 issue, from Schering-Plough : To the Editor: Your article about Schering-Plough ("Fix It, Fred"; Feb. 11, 2008) contained numerous inaccuracies that could leave readers with false impressions about our company, about the ENHANCE trial and about the integrity of our science.
In a somewhat backhanded way that's potentially good news, says Chris Gobler, a marine biologist at Stony Brook University in New York, because unlike rising atmospheric CO2 levels that require a global response to fix, those issues can be addressed by local and regional actions.
We evaluated whether the T-cell-mediated response to FIX was altered in inhibitors-positive mice in response to gene therapy (Fig 6A,B).
In agreement with the failure to reduce the inhibitory response to FIX, repeated high-dose protein administrations led to a more robust T-cell responsiveness.
Overall, these results indicate that eradication of anti-FIX neutralizing Abs is associated with inhibited generation of FIX-specific PCs in the LNs draining the site where the immune response to FIX was induced and the Ag persists.
If mistakes are made implementing the Affordable Care Act, the appropriate response is to fix them.
It deserves better than the Treasury's cautious response.How to fix politicsSince a large part of the problem is straightforwardly political, so must the cure be.
"We are delighted with the initial response to our fixed low-price plans, which offer customers simple, affordable and fair prices in an increasingly confusing market place," said Harding.
When additional wt RIG-I was expressed in wt MEFs, IFNβ activation in response to a fixed amount of poly I/C increased ca. 3-fold (fig 8).
