FDA approves race-specific drug

[AuH2O]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-06-23-racial-pill_x.htm

Just in case there was anyone around that disagreed with me when I noted genetic differences mean medicine can be effective in some race(s), while not in others.

For a drug to work in one race and then be completely useless outside it is just another example of how different biochemistry can be from one genetic subgroup to another.

[Joe Republic]

OMG YOU WERE RIGHT BLACK PEOPLE ARE A DIFFERENT SPECIES ALL ALONG

[ilikeverin]

For a drug to work in one race and then be completely useless outside it

The funny thing is, that is completely untrue in this situation

[AuH2O]

For a drug to work in one race and then be completely useless outside it

The funny thing is, that is completely untrue in this situation

Maybe you didn't read the article.

A lot of our drugs even work on monkeys, so just because you get 10% effectiveness or something with whites is irrelevant.

Part of the problem is probably that many posters engage in discussions for which they are not factually prepared (i.e. in the area of biology). Anyone with even a rudimentary education in the field, for instance, would recognize how significant biological differences must be for a drug to work in one subgroup and not another (many drugs work across species lines-- look how often rats are valuable in researching drugs).

So, needless to say, something like this is definitive proof racial differences are more than "skin deep," since skin is unrelated to general biochemistry. Granted, many people presumably accept that hypothesis already-- but far, far from all. Many on this site do not, in the face of unarguable fact.

[Beet]

For a drug to work in one race and then be completely useless outside it

The funny thing is, that is completely untrue in this situation

Maybe you didn't read the article.

A lot of our drugs even work on monkeys, so just because you get 10% effectiveness or something with whites is irrelevant.

Ok, blacks are monkeys. Got it.

[AuH2O]

For a drug to work in one race and then be completely useless outside it

The funny thing is, that is completely untrue in this situation

Maybe you didn't read the article.

A lot of our drugs even work on monkeys, so just because you get 10% effectiveness or something with whites is irrelevant.

Ok, blacks are monkeys. Got it.

So essentially what you're saying is: "I'm a stupid troll unable to make actual arguments, nor am I able to avoid threads uninteresting to me."

[Alcon]

Well...OK.  I'm not sure anyone contested that point.

[Gabu]

I'm not entirely sure who said that there were no genetic differences whatsoever between those who are black and those who aren't.  Obviously there are, as blacks would not be black if there were not.

The argument you've made over and over that many do dispute is that blacks are genetically more likely to be violent, and this does exactly zero to vindicate that argument.

[AuH2O]

It does more or less prove it's POSSIBLE and shouldn't be dismissed out of hand-- these are not minor biochemical differences, quite the contrary.

[2952-0-0]

Go away PbH2O.