He is the recipient of the Justice Department's highest honors, including the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, awarded by the Clinton Justice Department after the Blind Sheikh trial.

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It is because the government-funded trial was a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized controlled trial.

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In the double-blind, randomized control trial, half the women got tenofovir gel and half got a placebo.

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"The trial of a blind lawyer, along with nine other dissidents, continues the repressive trend that was so glaringly evident last year in Cuba, " it said in a statement.

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And in a study published last year, researchers in Australia showed in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that subjects with suspected gluten sensitivity had substantially fewer symptoms on a gluten-free diet than control subjects who unknowingly ingested gluten.

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Two blind people with guide dogs also helped with the trial to prepare staff to help passengers with visual impairments.

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The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center trial enrolled 51 patients age 12 to 53 years, including 7 patients age 12 to 16 years, who were maintaining a regimen of maximally-tolerated lipid lowering medications.

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Dozens of others allege that the trial left their children paralyzed, deaf, mute or blind.

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Khuzami was a member of the prosecution team in the trial that sentenced Omar Ahmad Ali Abdel Rahman (The Blind Sheikh) to life in prison.

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