Is your medicine getting to where it is needed? Article in Technology Review discusses a new way drug companies can verify the results. >Even the most promising drug will fail if it never reaches its >target. So before starting large clinical trials, pharmaceutical >companies must determine, among other things, the precise dosage to >use, a process that can be expensive and time-consuming. Scientists >investigating a drug for Parkinson's disease have now shown how an >MRI scan can quickly determine the optimal dosage for drugs that act >on the brain. Full story is here: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/26883/?p1=A3 John Cottingham ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn