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So, is there anything that could be said to be biologically inert in any and every scenario?
by Florin_Andrei 14y ago
So, is there anything that could be said to be biologically inert in any and every scenario?
- cotsuka 14y agoChalk?
- josscrowcroft 14y agoCalcium, surely..
- masklinn 14y agoCalcium can interact with a number of other chemicals, potentially negatively (for the surrounding organism). Although doses are probably important in judging that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_metabolism#Interaction_with_other_chemicals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_metabolism#Interaction_...
- masklinn 14y agoCellulose as well? Dicalcium phosphate is also a common tablet filler, though I don't know if it's biologically inactive.
- ahi 14y agoIt has antacid properties.
- ahi 14y agoProbably not, but disclosure of placebo ingredients would be enough to determine if it was a wise choice for a particular study.
- user24 14y agoGold?
- Locke1689 14y agoGold allergy.
- trotsky 14y agoA quote from the press release about the paper the OP cites: But, according to the paper's author, Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, this standard has a fundamental problem, "there isn't anything actually known to be physiologically inert." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101018174335.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101018174335.ht...
- marvin 14y agoCellulose? Diamond? Glass? Ceramics?
- acchow 14y agoI believe glass should work. Maybe teflon?