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Discusses the intention of the Republican party to unseat Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle in the November elections. Challenge from Republican John Thune; Description of Daschle as an obstructionist; Placing of blame on Daschle for stalling the White House agenda on Capitol Hill; Symbolic importance of removing the Democratic leader; Highlights from Thune's life and career; Background in Murdo, South Dakota; Profile of Tom Daschle and the political situation in South Dakota; Suggestion that it would be difficult to remove Daschle.

Examines the effects of the generic drug Ritalin in children. Clinical trial raising questions as to Ritalin's safety and the ethics of testing on young brains; Example of a four-year old child who is taking Ritalin, or methylphenidate, for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); How the child is part of a National Institutes of Health study at the New York Psychiatric Institute in Manhattan, New York; View that Ritalin, designed for children to help them focus in school, is being prescribed for younger, preschool children.

Focuses on the death of 18-year-old Jesse Gelsinger, which resulted from an error in a gene therapy experiment. His bout with ornithine ranscarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, a rare metabolic disorder; How the experiment at the University of Pennsylvania was intended to work; Past success of similar experiments; Details of the treatment an what went wrong.

Reports on xenotransplantation, the process of transplanting organs from genetically enhanced animals into humans. Ethical implications of selling animal parts; Criticism from The Campaign for Responsible Transplantation; Details of research by competing companies Nextran and Imutran Ltd.; Drawbacks of the procedure; How many people could benefit; Prediction of future developments.

Reports on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The rare and unusually dangerous germs that have formed, including Vancomycin Intermediate-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureas (VISA); How an abundance of VISA could render simple cuts and scrapes mortal wounds; The importance of penicillin to the medical world; How bacteria are becoming resistant to six or seven drugs at a time.

Focuses on Randy Warren, Giselle Cole and Paul Haddad of the Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada, who are challenging the Celgene Corporation's desire for government approval of the reinstatement of thalidomide. How thalidomide is the world's most notorious agent of birth defects; The discoveries that have prompted interest in thalidomide s a treatment for cancer, blindness and AIDS; The meeting between the corporation and the Victims group.