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...wellness is primarily the doctor’s responsibility, “the patient’s role is critical,” Studdert added. Patients should be “active participants” in the diagnostic process. “People should try and follow up their lab results” to make sure their tests are executed and properly evaluated, according to Thomas...
...their individual biology, according to Brown. The study also indicated the presence of other factors that cooperate with the ER to regulate genes, factors that “might themselves become targets for new therapies,” Brown wrote in an e-mail. Brown said that his lab is conducting research to examine whether cancer drugs change the structure of the receptive sites on the ER. If this is the case, then new drugs can be created as tumors gain resistance to current drugs. The research was conducted in conjunction with researchers from HMS, Brown University, and Affymetrix...
...times, it is hard to tell just where Goodman is going with the novel. The government opens a prolonged investigation into Cliff’s work after Robin provides them with compromising information. Congress is dragged into the fray as well, with members of the lab testifying before a subcommittee...
...characters are often juxtaposed to reveal the dualities that exist within the scientific world, sometimes fueled by overwhelming outside pressure. Sandy Glass, one of the directors, brilliantly raises funds for the lab, but his “motives were not entirely pure.” Marion Mendelsohn, the other director, masterfully grooms the young incoming scientists, but is too conservative and very seldom takes any risks. Robin is an ambitious scientist derailed by her obsession with trying to dig up evidence against Cliff, and Cliff is an obsessed scientist derailed by his ambition...
Cliff comes across as an attention-monger who appears more concerned about his image in newspapers than his own lab tests. And Robin comes across as a spoiled brat who only blows the whistle because she has an axe to grind with her ex. The characters’ antics sometimes go beyond the strange into the bizarre. While walking along the Charles River, the Stanford-educated Cliff comes up with a “profound idea” to “walk across the river.” He soon discovers that his idea isn?...