Elizabeth Brown, an expert in regulatory law at the UniversityofStThomas in Minneapolis, calculates that whereas America's banking system (measured by total assets) is only a little more than twice as big as Britain's, the government spends 60 times more on regulation than Britain does.
Hamish Wallace, a paediatric oncologist at the Universityof Edinburgh, and Thomas Kelsey, a computer scientist at the UniversityofSt Andrews, both in Scotland, may be able to help.
The scientists are recruiting volunteers to take part in the clinical trial at four hospitals - University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, Guy's and StThomas NHS Foundation Trust in London, Bristol Royal Infirmary and Royal Victoria Hospital in Newcastle.