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British think tank: Examine biopolicy

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Think Tanks Wrap-up

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Think Tanks Wrap-up

The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering brief opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think tanks.

Top News // 2 decades ago

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Outside view: New ideas needed at FDA

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UPI's Capital Comment for Jan. 9, 2002

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I do think there is tendency towards labeling too quickly
British think tank: Examine biopolicy Oct 11, 2002

Some people are worried about the post-human future I say bring it on
British think tank: Examine biopolicy Oct 11, 2002

There are already indications that some of the drugs which basically genetically turn-on proteins and create proteins are already being used (by athletes and if so they would be undetectable because they would be no different than proteins already created by the human body
British think tank: Examine biopolicy Oct 11, 2002

Alexander Taghi Tabarrok (born 1966) is a Canadian-American economist and co-author, with Tyler Cowen, of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution

Both Cowen and Tabarrok are professors at Virginia's George Mason University and fellows with the school's Mercatus Center. In addition, Tabarrok is director of research for the Oakland, California based think tank the Independent Institute. He is the son of the late world-known Mechanical Engineering professor, Dr. Behrooz (Bez) Tabarrok.

His doctoral studies were done at George Mason University where he received his Ph.D. in 1994.

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