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| Postcards from 2005 |
| Care for a bit of time-travel to
the next year ? to get the news from the labs? |
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pill to kill appetite and curb obesity: Few treatments
for obesity have evoked as much excitement in recent years
as rimonabant. French pharma giant Sanofi’s experimental
drug, unveiled last year at a medical meet, was found
to suppress appetite as well as fight heart ailments.
Rimonabant blocks chemical substances called cannabinoid
1 that stimulates hunger and cravings in humans, thus
reducing voracious appetites of the obese ... |
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| Ethics blown to winds |
| From the website of a biotechnology company in London, a dead man smiles at the
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| Guinea pig on chips |
It?s a thumbnail-sized silicon chip, stuffed with hundreds of thousands of liver cells meant to mimic the metabolism of a lab animal. The so-called animal-on-chip has a job cut out for it ? to allow scientists to test drugs or cosmetics for toxic sid ... | Read..
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| Toxic remains |
On the third day of a seemingly endless bachelor party
in Cabo San Lucas last year, Hal Walker, 33, woke up with
a set of classic symptoms. His head ached. Loud noises
made him wince. Bright lights hurt his eyes. ?If you can
find a ... | Read.. |
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| Armour against attack |
| Trip check |
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| QED: Spoon-fed childhood
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Even the young cyclist these days is beginning to wear lustrous helmets, pedalling at a gallant speed of approximately two and a half miles an hour. Of course, that would be alright, if it were not for two related facts: an anxious parent plodding beh
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| Recommended:
Of dark vision and bright ideas
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EXTREME MEASURES
Martin Brookes
Bloomsbury; £ 16.99 ... | Read.. |
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