However, later ads also ran statements from "experts", who provided anecdotal evidence from small-scale clinical trials showing positive results in several patients.

If the small-scale trial here is successful, the process could serve as a model for other institutions that produce enormous quantities of food - schools, casinos, restaurants.

After almost ten years of small-scale trials on timbers, an active three-phase conservation programme of the hull of the Mary Rose began in 1994.

The logistics and difficulties inherent in such ventures have been heavily explored in written science fiction, inspiring several scientists and governments around the world, some of whom have already started working toward small-scale trials.

This molecule reduced HCV viremia in a small-scale trial in chimpanzees.

A number of small-scale trials have examined the impact of mood-altering substances on cannabis withdrawal, and the impact of drugs that block the acute effects of cannabis.

In recent months it has meshed another 17 clinical research teams into the network and has pushed several more drugs into at least small-scale trials.

Preliminary studies to evaluate their benefit for cancer treatment in mammalian test systems are ongoing and a small-scale clinical trial has begun on patients with Barrett's esophagus.

It is not unusual in the medical devices industry to rely on small-scale trials and feedback from patients and doctors.

If they decide on Genentech's Xolair, another small-scale trial will be needed to decide on the proper dose before a Phase 3 trial could begin, meaning an additional delay.