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Old 3rd February 2012, 04:14 PM   #1
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But it's not medicine as we want it Jim
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Old 3rd February 2012, 04:49 PM   #2
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Speaking of McCoy and tricorders, there's an X-Prize for that. (Well, not exactly, but still named for it).
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Old 3rd February 2012, 08:26 PM   #3
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I'm sure McCoy's syndrome is nothing that can't be fixed by resequencing DNA in vivo.
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Old 4th February 2012, 03:31 PM   #4
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But it's not medicine as we want it Jim
Aye, and if my granny had wheels she'd be a trolley...

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