Comments on: Lancet Calls for Open Access to TGN-1412 Trial Investigation http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/lancet-calls-for-open-access-to-tgn-1412-trial-investigation.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:42:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sciencebase http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/lancet-calls-for-open-access-to-tgn-1412-trial-investigation.html/comment-page-1#comment-271 sciencebase Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:46:33 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=507#comment-271 Two more of the men involved in the trial of TGN-1412 were released from hospital on March 31. Two remain in hospital. One is still in intensive care but is conscious, the other is said to be making good progress, according to the BBC. An additional report on April 1 described how one of the six men who became seriously ill during the trial told UK tabloids how he and the others are "furious" about the ordeal. He said that he could tell things were not going to plan before his turn for the injection came because of the immediate adverse effects on the others, and asks why did they carry on? More to the point, I'd ask why did he let them give him the injection if he saw the others react so badly? Two more of the men involved in the trial of TGN-1412 were released from hospital on March 31. Two remain in hospital. One is still in intensive care but is conscious, the other is said to be making good progress, according to the BBC.

An additional report on April 1 described how one of the six men who became seriously ill during the trial told UK tabloids how he and the others are “furious” about the ordeal. He said that he could tell things were not going to plan before his turn for the injection came because of the immediate adverse effects on the others, and asks why did they carry on?

More to the point, I’d ask why did he let them give him the injection if he saw the others react so badly?

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