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...years and $500-$800 million to put one drug on the market. Potentia combines nanotechnology and machine learning to “help companies develop knowledge behind certain proteins,” David said. The company’s “high-throughput atomic force microscopy” method facilitates curing diseases by screening small molecules against protein disease targets. This technology makes the process up to 1,000 times faster and helps companies save around $100 million on each drug...
There is no sure-fire method for diagnosing ADHD, and physicians that treat the condition are often criticized for over-prescribing stimulants like Ritalin...
...prepares an appropriate response, it should remember that restricting the freedom of citizens to travel is typically a method employed by tyrannical dictatorships and not by prosperous democracies. Imperiously declaring which countries our citizens may not visit demotes us to the likes of Mussolini, Stalin or Kim Il-Sung, who, on a more extreme note, would not let citizens escape the borders of famine-ridden North Korea...
Indeed, the most devastating nonmilitary chemical attack ever, by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Tokyo in 1995, killed only a dozen people. One reason is that the delivery method was crude: cultists dropped plastic bags of sarin (smuggled in lunch boxes and soft-drink containers) on a subway platform and pierced them with umbrella tips. Also the amounts were relatively small. Says Smithson: "Any bozo can make a chemical agent in a beaker, but producing tons and tons is difficult." Aum Shinrikyo tried to make the stuff in bulk, recruiting scientists and spending at least $10 million, but it failed...
...seem resigned to taking more hits. A total of 81 percent thought another act of terrorism on U.S. soil in the next 12 months was "very likely" or "somewhat likely"; 63 percent thought a U.S. attack on Afghanistan would make that even more likely. Asked to choose the method that the terrorists might use, 76 percent thought a car or truck bomb was likely...