People in charge of clincal trials
Golden rule for success no. 1A in a medical trial would be: when you choose a drug to treat the problem, make sure it is the right problem you are treating.

Learning about cancer research shows how stupid these people can be. Without boring you, a major means of traditional resistance to cancer treatment comes from membrane transporters, which specifically remove chemoagents from affected areas. One major transporter is called P-gp. One lung cancer trial used a novel anticancer drug against this to try and reduce tumour size. It failed so the drug was put on hold. Only problem is, there are no P-gp transporters in lung tissue! Idiots!
(satanstolemyteddybear Mu hõljuk on angerjaid täis, Sun 30 May 2010, 10:23, 7 replies)

An
easy mistake to make.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Sun 30 May 2010, 11:29, closed)

Really?!

(satanstolemyteddybear Mu hõljuk on angerjaid täis, Sun 30 May 2010, 11:38, closed)

Tshyeah!
Total novices!
(Happybara The jungle came alive and took him, Sun 30 May 2010, 15:48, closed)

Happens all the time.
Those f&cking slackers. Grrr!!
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Sun 30 May 2010, 18:12, closed)

I don't know what I just read..
.. but now, er, I still have no idea.
(danniekavanagh did nothing constructive on, Mon 31 May 2010, 10:18, closed)

How the hell did that get to clinical trials
Surely peer review would have weeded out that sort of daft fuckery.
(Puddle of Sugar was still wallpapering on, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 11:55, closed)

Apparently not...
Like I said, sometimes the process just seems completely ridiculous.
(satanstolemyteddybear Mu hõljuk on angerjaid täis, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 13:59, closed)