Seeing the chemical's potential for on-site testing and its appeal to a wider market, the company, then called U.S. Drug Testing, changed its name.
Recent terrorist plots have been of a different scale to the kind of terrorism Britain has faced previously, in that they often involve suicide bombings with the potential threat of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons.
Bring in a team of biologists and chemists to experiment with different chemical variations of the potential drug, try them out in cells, try them out in mice, then in bunnies and dogs, and eventually try them out in humans.
The sources of chemical technology appear to be either indifferent to the potential for misuse as the German exporters seemed to be or they are willing to overlook it in the interest of making a sale.
In the works, though, is something much more exciting: The use of topiramate, an anti-convulsive drug, which shows potential to correct brain chemical imbalances that trigger the cycle of craving and reward.
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This would affect the cost-benefit calculations of potential users of chemical weapons so as to discourage use.
Compounding the calculus are the potential acts of desperation that the Assad regime may face and its ability to launch conventional or chemical weapons into Turkey or other neighboring countries.
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John Sullivan of the Boston Water and Sewer Commission testified that since September 11 the nation's drinking water utilities have been on a heightened state of alert to protect against the potential disruption of water service and biological or chemical contamination of drinking water.
Countries around the world are availing themselves of the ability actual or potential to produce lethal chemical agents.
Pfizer was studying cytisine, a toxic chemical found in the coffee tree and in flowering Chinese shrubs, as a potential antinicotine drug.
We recognized the grave risks posed by proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and their means of delivery and acknowledged the need to cooperate to reduce potential threats to legitimate trade.
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Epothilone has the potential to be even more effective against taxane resistance because it has a different chemical structure that may let it bind better with microtubules.
That fact coupled with the potential backlash should one of these baby perfumes be found to contain a known chemical of concern or should the latest baby eau de toilette kick off a rash of rashes should give manufacturers pause.
New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the country and on this particular two miles of land there are hundreds of potential terrorist targets including chemical plants, chlorine gas plants, rail yards, rail lines, refineries, an international airport, and the third largest port in the country.
Its polymer technology also carries the potential for other application markets, including water desalination, ultra-capacitors and energy generation, chemical and biohazard resistant fabrics, and immersion coatings.
However, it is not the forces of energy trapped in chemical bonds or even the awesome power of the atom that we are now beginning to unleash, but human potential itself.
If government can find a way to drive some of this bias against obese people out of the scientific agenda, we have real potential to see solutions, building on promising new research that looks differently at the physiology of obesity and chemical and environmental triggers previously unexplored.
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