Patients’ Social Network Predicts Drug Outcomes
Startup PatientsLikeMe is harvesting and analyzing patient information in a whole new way. Earlier this month, the journal Lancet Neurology published a study showing that the generic drug lithium did nothing to slow the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) , a devastating neurological disease. The findings would likely have been a disappointment to patients–they refuted an earlier …
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