An important question for American and British troops in Iraq is whether Saddam Hussein will play his most fearsome card: chemical and biological weapons. Precisely which chemical or biological agents he possesses, in what quantities and whether he has the ability to launch them, are all unclear.
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/ 17 December 2002
The ongoing struggle against bacterial infection received another setback this month when it was revealed that MRSA, the hospital superbug, has shown resistance to a new class of antibiotic launched less than two years ago.
If there is a Holy Grail in modern medical science, it is the pursuit of a vaccine for a disease that is devastating swathes of the developing world and that has no cure. An Aids vaccine is the one real chance to stop the epidemic, but the hunt has become bogged down by infighting.