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Rats that can sniff out TB

Researchers are testing the efficacy of having the Gambian pouched rat used as a detection tool for tuberculosis as a means to promote testing in areas where laboratory tests are difficult to procure. The Gambian pouched rat can reportedly smell tuberculosis bacilli in far smaller concentrations in human phlegm than smear microscopy, currently the most commonly use technique in the developing world. The New York Times (free registration) (1/3)



Acts such as Iran's invitation to several countries to tour its facilities are not a substitute for Iran fulfilling its obligations to cooperate with the IAEA and will not divert attention away from the core issues regarding Iran's nuclear program."

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"As I've watched with great interest, and also sadness, the political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire unfold, I've been thinking about a car accident I watched when I lived in Abidjan in 1999 and 2000."

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