Status of Cryptography Research in implementation of the EUCD

[Casper Dik]

>Adrian Midgley wrote:
> 
>> Wakefield and MMR is diffciult.  Caveat Emptor I'd say.  Bolsin and Bristol,
>> teh helicobactr story and so on are good illustrations that preventing
>> publication in case it upsets the desired order of things is not a good
>> strategy.
>> 
>> Part of the massive unconvincingness of the Chief Medical Officer arises from
>> that, that it is a condition of his employment that he echoes the government
>> line, personally I think his position on this is such that he should have
>> resigned some months ago, but I doubt it is really his fault what he has to
>> say and do while he keeps the job.
>
>
>What was the story about /Heliobacter/ ?


"Heliobacter pylori" was isolated around 10 years ago from stomach ulcers;
for a long time, the established medical wisdom of "ulcers are caused by
stress, fatigue, etc" prevailed even though there was massive evidence, 
including a researcher who infected himself, that Heliobacter was the
actual culprit.

Of course, vested pharmaceutical interests played an important role:
you can get rid of the bug with a $10 combination treatment of
standard antibiotics and pepto-bismal.  Once cured of their chronic
ulcers the patients no longer need to pay $50/day for the latest in
ulcer relief.

Casper