Why Drug Tests should be Colour Blind
Grouping subjects by genetic markers in drug trials is more accurate than skin colour
Why using genetic markers to fine-tune drug evaluation is much more accurate than grouping subjects by skin colour or ethnicity. Volvo Challenge round-the-world sailors report from Cape Town on their scientific mission to measure ocean colour, and therefore the levels of phytoplankton and pollution. The Namibian beetle that holds the secret of turning fog into water and why the patterns on desert plants are important. Gavriel Salvendy is the first Western science professor has been appointed in China for 50 years.
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