The organisation is taking an ever-more active role, which some experts fear could intensify the sectarian dimension in the conflict.

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If the advisory panel votes for more oversight -- and if the FDA follows the panel's advice, as it usually does -- some experts fear that access to the treatment will be curtailed.

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Some fertility experts fear the guidelines may not lead to changes because they are not binding.

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Some welfare experts fear that Welfare to Work is being oversold.

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As a result, some of these industry participants and independent experts fear that the current high level of competition among online travel agents and metasearch providers could be undermined if Google were to acquire ITA and start its own OTA or metasearch service.

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