But instead of cooking the whole things, Dr Molette removed a 200-gram sample from each liver (an average liver weighed 550 grams) and put the rest in cold storage.

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Meanwhile, Dr. Allayee at USC plans to begin a 200-patient clinical trial testing whether leukotriene blockers like Singulair can prevent atherosclerosis in high-risk patients, as soon as he can obtain government funding.

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Dr Webb's model shows that, over a 200-year period, average predator populations during hypothetical outbreaks of 14- and 15-year cicadas would be up to 2% higher than during outbreaks of 13- and 17-year cicadas.

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This leads Dr Aguilar to speculate that women stopped playing only because of Spanish intervention, and resumed 100-200 years ago.

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In Pleistocene hunter-gatherer terms, the design community in Portland is more like a clan (100-200 members), small, but large enough for the neuronal effects described by Dr. Bargmann in the roundworm to take effect.

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