"This is an important step toward the development of innovative prevention and treatment strategies for leprosy", stated Dr Schurr.

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Meantime, ibm executive Allan Schurr expects retailers like Home Depot eventually to stock simple ZigBee devices that look like lamp timers and can turn energy-hogging appliances on and off according to commands that consumers send over the Web.

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Meantime, ibm executive Allan Schurr expects retailers like Home Depot (nyse: HD - news - people ) eventually to stock simple ZigBee devices that look like lamp timers and can turn energy-hogging appliances on and off according to commands that consumers send over the Web.

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