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Laura - I think "diagnostic" in this case means being able to establish presence of the disease by using tools other than clinical observation, the only tool available to us right now, and one that is unreliable in predicting or proving the disease itself or its progression.
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“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.” — Susan B. Anthony
Last edited by indigogo; 01-07-2010 at 09:59 AM.
Reason: clarification
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