Another Step Forward

Another Step Forward

You may remember me writing about a new research proposal from a team of professionals from a number of Universities and that the application process for a grant for several millions of pounds was starting. Well yesterday I saw the final grant submission - and what a...

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Bronze, Silver or Gold?

Bronze, Silver or Gold?

I had a visitor to the office yesterday; a lady who lives just around the corner had telephoned last week to make an appointment. At 9am she arrived carrying a bag that contained various B12 supplements. "I get an injection every 8 weeks but I still feel awfully...

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Lower than a snake’s belly

Lower than a snake’s belly

So, there we were, looking out over the Bristol Channel in the late morning of a beautiful summer's day from the patio of the largest hotel in Wales situated halfway up a steep mountains. The view was glorious, to the left we could see the two Severn Bridges, below us...

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New B12 Test

New B12 Test

Here's an interesting development that shows promise. A new paper has been published that introduces a new way of testing patient's B12. It's been developed by a team of scientists from Cornell University in the USA and at its heart is a mobile telephone. 'NutriPhone:...

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Mary Todd Lincoln

Mary Todd Lincoln

Back in the early '80's, when I wore a younger man's clothes, I was an undergraduate reading Politics. Thereused to be a dreadful joke doing the rounds that centred on the assassination of President Lincoln - the author of the Gettysburg Address. And one day I...

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Brokering in Birmingham

Brokering in Birmingham

Now why would I be going to Britain's Second City?  To broker a meeting between a Geneticist who has a special interest in PA and a Biochemist who has identified a problem with a genetic defect in cells which prevent the absorption of B12 into patients' cells....

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