Jayawardene's side successfully used the rule, which is on trial in their three-Test series against India, four times in the first match.
In a risky move, GlaxoSmithKline says it will conduct a 1, 000-patient clinical trial to test its vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, Cervarix, against a rival product made by Merck.
Rory Collins, co-director of Oxford University's clinical-trials service unit (which demonstrated the efficacy of aspirin against heart disease) has managed to piggy-back on a commercial trial in order to test the notion that folic acid, a food-supplement commonly given to pregnant women, may also prevent heart attacks.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has sanctioned a trial use of technology during the five-Test series in the Caribbean, although both teams have, at times during the series, appeared confused by its regulations.
Nevertheless, Mr Chen's trial is a test for Taiwan's two-decade-old democracy, which has already managed two peaceful transfers of power to the opposition.
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In an article in the Huffington Post, he notes that at no time in the trial did the control group test a true low-fat diet.
Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) decision is based on new three-year data from a clinical trial designed to test the effect of Vioxx on preventing colorectal polyps.
Earlier this year Cardiff-based Tidal Energy Ltd was given the go-ahead by ministers to test its new DeltaStream underwater generators off the coast for a 12-month trial.
The company plans to move directly into a final-stage trial and is working on how to provide a diagnostic test for the gene.
However, it said that only a small group of people are being test-marketed in what it describes as a 'price trial' for the card.
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Makers of drug-coated stents could be hurt further by results from a clinical trial being released at the end of the month--even though the study will test few, if any, of these drug-releasing devices.
Vivus, aiming at surgically menopausal women, found a 64% increase in "satisfying" sexual activity in a small trial of premenopausal women (placebo was 42%) and is now launching a larger late-stage test in postmenopausal women.
The news results from a risky gambit by drugmaker AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) to test the new medicine, Cerovive, in a 1, 700-patient Phase III clinical trial before proof of human efficacy was available.
Initially, BA will test the system for three months in one Boeing 747-400 aircraft, but if the trial is successful, the system could be installed on all the airline's 100 longhaul planes by the end of next year, the Independent newspaper reported.
If you test negative for this potentially serious condition, then you can begin a trial to see just how gluten-sensitive you are, if at all.
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