I published this post yesterday about a press release that I received about a possible detection of a genetic link to diagnosing an “acute aortic dissection” and after further review and checking around with some of my very well known experts – I am not so sure this isn’t just a bunch of BS! This has been underway here in the US for a few years and led by one of the top geneticists Dianna M. Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
Dianna and her team at the Department of Internal Medicine,Division of Medical Genetics,The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, have been working on this for quite some time and they published this article -Life-threatening gene defect located by UT-Houston researchers back in November 11th, 2007.
I also tried to email this person salah.mohamed@herzchir.muluebeck.de) and it didn’t work. I also looked up the hospital and apparently he’s not even known there.
So, it appears that this Mr. Salah Mohamed’s findings are really nothing new and perhaps he himself is a mystery as well.
I am sticking with Dianna’s research. “By the way, you can learn more about the research here “. To find out if you are eligible to participate in the study, send an email to the research program’s genetic counselor at info@johnritterresearchprogram.org
Brian Tinsley
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