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...director of Singapore's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology. While these may pay off in the short term, they are unlikely to yield the dazzling technological leaps that come from tackling fundamental problems in science. Tan's solution: continue supporting basic research -- like mapping the genes of the fugu, the poisonous blowfish prized by sushi chefs -- while at the same time prospecting for new drugs in Southeast Asia's flora and fauna for the British giant Glaxo...
...diversityback home, we mean there are Poles, Germans, andScandanavians," Norman says. "Everyone was reallytaken with Anton. They liked him so much that theyasked him to give a presentation to the town aboutAfrica. People crammed into a church basementwhere we taped up a map of Africa. Anton dressedup in his fugu, an African robe, and showedslides, sang the national anthem of Ghana, andtold some folktales...
Normally people's lives do not flash before their eyes when they eat sashimi. But a meal of Japanese fugu, or puffer fish, is no everyday dining experience. Because the fish's internal organs contain the nerve poison tetrodotoxin, Japanese gourmets rely on expert chefs to remove the toxic entrails before serving. Yet for several Japanese diners each year, usually those who clean the fish themselves, a fugu supper is their last...
...adventurous diners can sample fugu outside Asia. Last week eight restaurants in Manhattan began serving the delicacy with approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which had conducted a four-year review of the importing venture arranged by Nobuyoshi Kuraoka, the proprietor of New York City's Nippon Restaurant. The puffer fish will be processed only by fugu chefs in the southern Japanese city of Shimonoseki, which has not lost a customer in 50 years. Japanese government officials will verify tetrodotoxin levels before the fugu is flash-frozen and flown to New York. Cost of a full- course fugu...
...puffer fish is a delicacy in Japan, where it is known as fugu. Licensed chefs remove enough poison to make the fish nonlethal, yet leave enough to give a spine-tingling sensation, prickling of the tongue and lips, and a feeling of euphoria...