Armitage said that the trial results are unlikely to be due to the side effects of laropriprant, since the main finding of a lack of benefit is consistent with the AIM-HIGH study and many of the side effects are known to be associated with the use of niacin.
By exploiting digital craftiness, Mr Gursky is not after uncanny or surreal effects: his aim is to bring out the contingency and complexity of the visible.
The aim of the 17 month-long Mars500 project was to study the physical and psychological effects that the much longer journey to Mars might have on future astronauts.
He hopes that he can design clinical trials to understand potential risks as early as possible, and plans to aim his drugs at patients who are very sick--so that even if side effects turn up, the medicines will remain useful.
Will Newton, a fourth-year economics student and the society's treasurer, said the aim was to make young people realise how to minimise the damaging effects loud music can have on hearing.