Petition Fund university expenditure for the production of radiolabelled Vitamin B12

People with Vitamin B12 deficiency caused by Pernicious Anaemia have problems with diagnosis because the available tests are inaccurate.

The Schilling Test can accurately diagnose the cause of Vitamin B12 but is no longer performed because nobody makes the radiolabeled cobalt required.

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Vitamin B12 blood tests are inaccurate. The test for the antibodies responsible for PA is only accurate 50% of the time.

The Schilling Test requires radiolabelled cobalt. A government-sponsored source could make it possible to reinstate this test.

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71 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 71 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 13 November 2016
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