Carlyle, a possible buyer of Tribune, recently recruited Norman Pearlstein, a former editor-in-chief of Time Inc, to help identify suitable targets.

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In just over a decade, when a set of suitable targets has been identified, the firm plans to send a second wave of spacecraft out to take a closer look at what has been found.

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That company wants to start by launching orbiting telescopes that would identify suitable asteroid targets for mineral exploitation.

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By comparing genes of alcoholics with those who are not, Pouletty hopes to pinpoint any genetic anomalies that may make suitable drug targets.

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By comparing genes of alcoholics with those of people who are not, Pouletty hopes to pinpoint any genetic anomalies that may make suitable drug targets.

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But drug industry researchers underestimated the cost and complexity of sifting through thousands of new genes to pinpoint the tiny minority suitable as drug targets.

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