According to the October 1994 Reader's Digest, Mr. Mirzayanov is personally aware of Russia's development of a class of binary chemical weapons (formed by combining two relatively safe chemicals to produce a toxic agent) nicknamed "Novichok" (Newcomer).

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Avastin in colon cancer only works when combined with older chemo drugs, despite all the hype about it being a less-toxic targeted agent.

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But early tests showed that the drug was too toxic to be used as an anti-cholesterol agent.

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Nobody knows exactly how Cleopatra snuffed herself, the asp agent discredited, but she was a great student of toxic poisons, inclusive of cobra venom.

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