But the hard work of inventing a powdered insulin and a delivery device that produces relief in a whiff was done by a determined group of scientists and engineers at Nektar Therapeutics.

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But the hard work of inventing a powdered insulin and a delivery device that produces relief in a whiff was done by a determined group of scientists and engineers at Nektar Therapeutics (nasdaq: NKTR - news - people ).

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These TV breaks, which also popped up throughout "RoboCop" -- and are not unlike television commercials -- provide a narrative device as well as comic relief.

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The UK decided not to impose such a threshold after a consultation exercise highlighted the value of offering the relief to the fast-growing smart device video games market.

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Charities often use message texts as a way to raise money by allowing consumers to use their mobile device to text a donation for storm relief, vaccinating children or other causes.

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The role of the quirky best friend, a rom-com staple that goes back at least as far as Shakespeare, is often a clever narrative device employed by writers to provide exposition and comic relief.

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But now medical device makers are introducing an array of new, minimally invasive procedures to provide long-term pain relief without all the costs, risks, complications and recovery time of full-scale surgery.

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