Henman then used his serve and volley attack to lead 3-0 and then 5-2 in the second but his nerve failed him and he allowed Hewitt to claw his way back and force a tiebreaker.
Haas, 41st in the world, broke once in the first set first and then held his nerve in the second-set tie-break.
But the discovery of stockpiles of the far more deadly German nerve gas, left in Europe after the Second World War, pushed Porton Down into a race against time.
The physical manifestations of the disease that Alois Alzheimer noticed in 1906 are sticky plaques of one type of protein, now known as beta-amyloid, and nerve-cell-engulfing tangles of a second type, called tau protein.
The new trial would join a small number of other therapies in human trials for ALS, including a nerve-protectant called TCH-346 in second-stage trials at the Swiss drug firm Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ).
In the second stage, consolidation, structural changes such as the formation and destruction of connections between nerve cells take place.
"Injuries are a part of this, " DeBoer said after the Devils' won their second straight since Brodeur returned from a monthlong stint on the sideline because of a pinched nerve in his back.
But the youngster showed great nerve to tie the set before playing a superb final shot at the end of the second set to seal a stunning win.
Like his earlier victories in 2004 which earned him a place on Bernhard Langer's victorious Ryder Cup team, Jimenez's triumph in the second event of the 2005 campaign was built on solid play from tee to green plus an ice cool nerve when the going got tough at the end.
Second row Jim Hamilton scored the crucial try, burrowing through a ruck to touch down and Phil Godman held his nerve with the conversion.
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