Recently, drugs like Novartis ' Gleevec and Genentech 's Avastin have shown promise by blocking the proteins that cause cancer cells to divide uncontrollably, but drug companies have also been beset with regulatory and clinical snafus--most prominently, ImClone Systems ' Erbitux.

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He had donned a second wetsuit to fight the cold, but his teeth still chattered uncontrollably.

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But in a flash he is uncontrollably off, leaving his wife to find him passed out in a municipal parking place, a hospital or behind some chemist's shop in the middle of the night.

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Anxious, stuttering, and shaking uncontrollably, Ken initially tried to flee the encounter, but then awkwardly relented.

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