Mr. President, you can pick up your prescription at the pharmacy window.

[gatorboy]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/od_nm/germany_pill_dc;_ylt=AtPU5Yyhid9XKinlyoKGN.as0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-

You know anybody who needs an "anti-stupid" pill?

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German scientist has been testing an "anti-stupidity" pill with encouraging results on mice and fruit flies, Bild newspaper reported Saturday.
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It said Hans-Hilger Ropers, director at Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, has tested a pill thwarting hyperactivity in certain brain nerve cells, helping stabilize short-term memory and improve attentiveness.

"With mice and fruit flies we were able to eliminate the loss of short-term memory," Ropers, 62, is quoted saying in the German newspaper, which has dubbed it the "world's first anti-stupidity pill."

[napi21]

1. OH MAN! That could be the best selling pill in drug history!

I have to admit, I think I could use them myself!!!!

[crim son]

2. I'd use them.

They should probably be given out free at every pharmacy in the U.S. There's a chance it might make a positive difference.

[NV Whino]

3. One wonders just how one tests

the short term memory of a fruit fly?

Curious minds and all that.

[tandot]

4. Give a double dose to the 25% of backwash who still support Bush

:evilgrin:

[rug]

5. This might tip them into supporting a decent prescription plan.