On 25 February 2106, the first of my two articles on the subject of experimental vitamin B12 deficiency was published in the peer-reviewed open-access journal, SpringerPlus. This research article describes my longitudinal self-experiment to investigate the performance of the Holotranscobalamin (HoloTC, Active-B12) immunoassay.
On 20 May 2016 , the second of my two articles on the subject of experimental vitamin B12 deficiency was published in the peer-reviewed open-access journal, SpringerPlus. This article is a review of the HoloTC immunoassay and Herbert’s model for the development of vitamin B12 deficiency.
My self-experimentation is controversial, and publication of my articles has been very difficult, because my work challenges currently accepted dogma on:
- Reliability of pathology tests, in this case the HoloTC immunoassay
- Ethics of self-experimentation in medical research
The full HTML and PDF versions of my articles are freely available at the following SpringerPlus and PubMed links:
Experimental vitamin B12 deficiency in a human subject – a longitudinal investigation of the performance of the holotranscobalamin (HoloTC, Active-B12) immunoassay
http://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40064-016-1740-5
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4767712/
Holotranscobalamin (HoloTC, Active-B12) and Herbert’s model for the development of vitamin B12 deficiency: a review and alternative hypothesis
http://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40064-016-2252-z
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899389/
The published Abstact and full PDF versions of the articles, and Additional Files, may be also downloaded from the menus on the left of this page.
The unpublished primary data files, and other information, may be found on this site by following the links from the menu at the top of this page.
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