The defendant had also allegedly used the internet to search for the best rope for tying people up, human flesh, white slavery and chemicals to render someone unconscious.

BBC: 'Cannibal plot' NY policeman Gilberto Valle on trial

Mr Valle also used the internet to research the best rope for binding people and to learn which chemicals render a person unconscious, and used search terms including human flesh and white slavery, prosecutors said.

BBC: Gilberto Valle 'cannibal cop' trial ends in New York

The defendant had also allegedly used the internet to look for the best rope for tying people up and chemicals to render someone unconscious, and using search terms including human flesh and white slavery.

BBC: 'Cannibal plot' case set to conclude in New York

Some drug companies have experimented with chemicals that do this, but the medicines bombed in human testing, causing hallucinations and other nasty side effects.

FORBES: Repairing The Brain

Some drug companies have experimented with chemicals that do this, but the medicines bombed in human testing because they caused hallucinations and other nasty side effects.

FORBES: Repairing The Brain

Scientists use at least 20 million rodents a year in experiments in the U.S., to test foods, drugs and chemicals and to unearth basic truths about the causation of disease and the functioning of the human immune system.

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Authors of that study analyzed dust collected in 16 California homes in 2006 and again in 2011, testing for 49 flame retardant chemicals in household dust (the main route of human exposure to flame retardant chemicals, especially for children).

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The collection of ordered human genes uncovered jointly by Celera Genomics cra (nyse: cra - news - people) and the federal government's Human Genome Project has the potential to make drug discovery faster and easier by allowing scientists to more quickly figure out what chemicals inside the body a drug has to stop, boost or replace.

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