[ExI] Finally--inject-a-tan upcoming phase-3 testing

[James Clement]

PJ - have you seen South Park's Eric Cartman give his class speech titled 
"Ginger Kids," 
http://southpark.comedycentral.com/videos.jhtml?videoId=103645&episodeId=103676

JWC

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From: "PJ Manney" <pjmanney at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:35 PM
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Subject: Re: [ExI] Finally--inject-a-tan upcoming phase-3 testing

> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> 
> wrote:
>> "Suntan coming soon in a syringe near you"
>> A DRUG that could give a suntan via an injection
>> is a step closer to hitting the market after
>> European authorities granted it a special status to speed up its 
>> development.
>>
>> The drug, CUV1647, triggers the production of
>> melanin, giving colour to the skin for 60 days
>> after a capsule, the size of a rice grain, is injected.
>
> I've been following this stuff for a long time.  It's even mentioned in my 
> book.
>
> The company used to call it "Epitan" or "Melanotan I"
>
> http://www.clinuvel.com/en/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanotan
> http://www.ausbiotech.org/directory/details.asp?companyid=%7B617195E8-FB6B-4479-B4F0-8D4490172DD1%7D&returntourl=%2Fdirectory%2Falphabeticalindex.asp
>
> and as soon as it's proven safe and effective, I think my son and I
> will be the first in line.  He's a classic freckle-faced "ginger
> kid"...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Kids
> http://www.gingerkids.org/index.html
>
> ...and he's sick of it, but mostly just sick of wearing sunblock all
> the time and little old ladies going gaga over his hair. (South Park's
> brilliant humiliation, which we both think is funny as hell, not
> withstanding)
>
> PJ
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