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...some cadets do not want to risk serving in what the Army calls the "unrestricted" combat sector for four years-a time when they could be working as a lawyer, doctor or intelligence officer...
...ready to protect wives like LaFrancis from their armed husbands. The story of how this came to be is partly about unintended consequences and partly about how the values of the civilian world are increasingly encroaching on the military. Last fall Congress passed a wide-ranging law meant to combat domestic violence in all corners of American society by banning weapons from those convicted of such crimes. So sometime next month the Pentagon plans to begin enforcing the law in its own ranks by stripping weapons from hundreds, if not thousands, of military personnel. Anyone who has been convicted...
...this reason, the discovery of young practicing healers like Salome delights Cox, who believes that only people like her can prevent the loss of centuries of knowledge. If he can carry Salome's knowledge to the developed world in the form of plants whose myriad chemical compounds might help combat incurable diseases--notably cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer's--the impetus to save the Samoan rain forest, and all forests, will be that much stronger...
...your basic lab experiment, akin to those bubbling in high school chemistry labs every week. In this case, the goal was to determine whether plant samples from the Ecuadorian rain forest contained chemical properties that could be used to combat diabetes. Immerse the leaves in an alcohol extract, then a water extract, and see what happens...
Shaman is beginning to prove the point, having identified more than 3,000 possible sources of new drugs while sampling about 100 plants each year. The company's first product, Provir, is an extract of plant material used to combat acute diarrhea in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Currently in Phase 2 clinical trials, it could be on the market in as little as three years. A topical ointment for herpes infection and an oral antifungal agent are also in the pipeline...