HISTORY OF PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA

[PAScomms]

our new CEO has written a blog post about the history of Pernicious Anaemia and you can read it here

pernicious-anaemia-society....

we have an impressive list of guest bloggers for the future too so watch this space!

[Narwhal10]

Thank you PAScomms

[Technoid]

Nice job, well written.

[Orchard33]

Thank you for your history of PA and it's discovery and treatment. It pulls together the historical threads very effectively.There is a stand-out inference that I make from your account and it is that once death could be prevented through the use of concentrated bovine liver and then cobalamin as a treatment was discovered, any urgency to progress research to optimise treatment was lost. People no longer died of PA (although I believe they still do). Instead, people with PA are consigned to a half-life with minimal treatment that adheres to a protocol that is negligently out of date. If, in fact, it was ever 'in-date'.

[PAScomms in reply to Orchard33]

interesting perspective about the lack of urgency to progress research once some form of treatment discovered, probably also applies to lack of willingness to fund research into alternatives or a "cure"