Instead of focusing on new drugs, why not look for new uses for old ones?
Author Cathy Davidson, defines learning as being a constant disruption of an old pattern, a breakthrough that substitutes something new for something old in a cyclical process.
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The company also is finding loads of new uses for old standbys.
Substitute enough new plants for old, and U.S. gas consumption, currently 62 billion cubic feet a day, could drop by as much as 1 billion cubic feet a day.
Every year, there are more and more generic drugs, and one of the promises of new genetic research is that it might help rediscover new uses for old medicines.
Among the new uses for old devices, the resurgence of interest in retro-sounding computer generated music was also celebrated with presentations by popular "chiptune" musician Matthew C Applegate, who performs as Pixelh8.
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The best part of the developer program is that it promises to keep cranking out new applications for the old iPhone for years to come.
And if the prices of your old debt are falling then the yields on that debt are rising (bond prices and yields move inversely) and thus you have to pay more for new borrowings: for the new debt is priced compared to the old.
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The ideas for a new dish, or for tweaking an old one, can come from anywhere.
Developing applications for the new Web environments or even for the old client-server ones with less resource constraints changes how we think of application functionality.
In March the Senate's industry commission approved incentives for bikers who trade in machines more than five years old for new ones.
There are moments brief, valuable moments of exploration, discovery and fun, spaced between hours upon hours of smashing through the same zombie horde with the same blunt object to recover some new tan-colored Macguffin and return it to some new desperate survivor in exchange for the same old stick with a new skin.
But nor is this necessarily the end of the world for the new old media.
There are sound business plan arguments for an Opel-Magna-Sberbank arrangement or for the new, old GM-Opel partnership.
In other words, they looked for new solutions to old problems.
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The latest incarnation, SimCity 4, must satisfy two markets, with enough of the new and improved for crusty old veterans, without boosting its complexity beyond the reach of first-timers like myself.
American Airlines, for example, is seeking to overcome its chronic losses with a huge programme to swap old planes for new.
Chambers is betting their hunger for new revenue will prompt them to flee their old networks to jump onboard the Internet--ready and waiting for Cisco's musclebound new router (see box below).
In essence, with the AIA, Congress has enacted a definition of prior art that will slowly displace the old definitions, but it may take decades for the new legislation to fully displace the old definitions of prior art.
Love it or loathe it, it breaks new ground for this 50 year old retailer.
Most reauthorizations might be perfunctory, but the process would make it easier for new administrations to rethink old priorities.
The incentives for old and new media to form partnerships seem to converge.
The flooded streets made it hard for him to drive the town to search for new ruins among the old ones.
The agency recently issued new guidelines for travelers 75 years old and older so they can avoid removing shoes and light jackets when they go through airport security checkpoints.
Most large banks have successfully tapped shareholders old and new for more money, though at the painful cost of attracting short-sellers and seeing their share prices collapse (see article).
Made to be mobile: Designed for old and new fans of Polaroid, the Z340 camera's one pound, seven ounce, simple and intuitive features make instant printing and digital photography effortless with its rechargeable lithium-ion battery that prints up to 25 photos and 75 captures.
That's good for retaining old customers, but not for adding new ones.
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