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...late 1998, when the first of the COX-2 inhibitors won FDA approval, the stage was set for a debacle. The easiest side effects to detect, once a drug is used by large numbers of people, turn out to be the rare ones. Most doctors don't see very many cases of liver failure, for example. So they notice right away if more and more of their patients get hospitalized for it. The problem with COX-2 inhibitors like Vioxx is that they increase the risk of two very common ailments: heart attacks and strokes. It's much harder...
...Seeing Red A Danish biotech company has developed a new way to detect land mines using genetically modified THALE CRESS, a member of the mustard family. The plant turns a deep red when exposed to nitrogen dioxide, a gas released by mines. The grow-anywhere green, which scientists propose to sow from airplanes or handheld seed-shooters in heavily mined areas, could prove an inexpensive and safe solution for land mine detection?a boon to countries like Cambodia, which harbors an estimated four million mines...
...officer was sent to Lowell House to investigate the scent of gas. The officer determined there was no such odor but did detect the scent of something recently painted...
...could not have evolved bit by bit because a bit of an eye has no survival value; it would never have been passed on. Biologists see it differently. They say, for example, a primitive, light-sensing patch of skin--a forerunner of the retina--could help animals detect the shadows of predators...
...also expressed anger at Harvard’s apparent inability to detect Tena’s software testing activity, which he conducted on the University’s computer network...