One possibility is a "morning-after pill, " says Helicon Therapeutics' Tim Tully.

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Their Helicon Double Layer Thruster uses radio waves to ionise one of the inert, or noble gases - a group which includes krypton, xenon and argon.

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Kandel's archrival in this race is 25 years younger and a bit more brazen: Timothy Tully , 47, a researcher at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and a founder of privately held Helicon Therapeutics in Farmingdale, N.

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