We also consulted three panelists: Chuck Close, Simon Doonan and Deitch for their expert view.

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And bloggers like Prof Erik Klemetti provided not just an expert view on what was happening, but also a venue for enthusiastic amateurs and experts alike to discuss events as they happened.

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Campaigners claimed an expert witness changed his view between writing a report and giving evidence, and requested the ruling be quashed.

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His wife Anne is a biotech expert and co-founder of 23andME, a genetic testing company based in Mountain View, California.

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But a leading expert with the National Board of Health, claimed Mijailovic was seriously mentally ill - a view the appeals court shared, describing the killer as a "traumatised person with significant psychiatric problems".

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This conventional view of the dangers of industry concentration is supported by Joseph Bauer, an antitrust expert at the University of Notre Dame who co-wrote a leading textbook on the topic.

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"Our view has always been that any country or organisation should be able to send their best expert to Brussels to meet with other countries, and not their best linguist, " he says.

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This is a view backed by Prof Chris Stringer, who was also involved in the research and is an expert in human origins at the Natural History Museum in London.

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Byron Cryer, an expert in gastrointestinal side effects who was a nonvoting adviser to the FDA panel, says that he does not view the decision as being counter to the panel's advice.

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