As both a U.S. Attorney and Member of Congress, I defended drug prohibition. But it has become increasingly clear to me, after much study, that our current strategy has not worked and will not work. The other candidates for president prefer not to address this issue, but ignoring the failure of existing policy exhibits both a poverty of thought and an absence of political courage. The federal government must turn the decision on drug policy back to Read the rest of this entry »

Omaha, NE – Streck, Inc. has received FDA clearance for Cyto-Chex® BCT, the company’s blood collection tube that preserves peripheral blood for up to 14 days at room temperature, including HIV-infected patient samples, for immunophenotyping by flow cytometry.
Collection of whole blood is the first step in assessment of HIV patient status by flow cytometry. The Center for Disease Control guidelines for CD4+ T-cell analysis require that blood specimens Read the rest of this entry »