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Discovery & Invention, Period 5, 30 Jan '08

"I can't teach class today, I have a headache," Mohinder - this time wearing the more traditional white coat - said, holding a straight-face for a few seconds. "Or rather," as he put a small bottle of pills on the desk he was leaning against, "Today we'll be looking at pain relief."

"We're all wired to feel pain," continued Mohinder. "An individual warning system, without which our lives would almost certainly be much shorter. Alleviating pain takes one of three major pathways - inhibiting nerve endings at the pain site, numbing the central nervous system or local anaesthetics."

Mohinder went on to briefly touch on pain medications in general, before turning and sketching out a chemical formula on the board behind him, still talking. "Salicin was discovered as the active ingredient in willow bark, developed into salicylic acid, which was converted into sodium salicylate, before modification by a German chemist finally produced aspirin."

Looking back at the class Mohinder said, "This included testing of the experimental drugs on the chemist's father - now considered something completely unethical. You have salycilic and acetic acid on your desks, and also coats and goggles. Be sure to wear them when you use the equipment in front of you to prepare aspirin."

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Name and your illest icon.

Claire Bennet- because I don't have autopsy icons uploaded.

Lucas Scott

Max Guevara

Coraline Jones

Anathema Device - who's a bit short on icons right now.

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For the bit of the class.

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Lucas was a little surprised to be making drugs in class. His pen clicking had even halted.

Max smirked a little at the beginning of the lecture. Yes, everyone was wired to feel pain, but she didn't have it as bad as normal humans.

Anathema was trying to take notes, but she was too excited.

Instructions. (http://www.siraze.net/chemistry/sezennur/subjects/experiment/044.pdf) Work together and try not to poison yourselves.

Max looked for a partner; this seemed like an interesting assignment.

"Anathema Device." The girl introduced herself. "This sounds really cool."

"Max Guevara," she replied. "Yeah, it really does."

She might have been considering if she could make her own tryptophan since she'd run out eventually.

"Gloves and goggles?" Anathema asked as she searched around, a huge grin on her face.

"Seems like a good idea," Max agreed, helping her look.

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Sokka looked around for a partner, who hopefully was better at chemistry than he was.

When she's here.

She was definitely there.

He's still around.

Max hung around after class until everyone had left so she could talk privately to Mohinder.

"So, is it considered unethical everywhere to test on people without their consent?"

[Radio can broadcast that Max stayed to talk to Mohinder, but please keep the details of the discussion NFB. Thanks.]

"I can't speak for everywhere, but generally? Yes. It's one of the reasons the pharmaceutical industry is heavily regulated," Mohinder replied. "Whether there are exceptions to that - well, I would hope not."

"Do you think the government would ever fund secret locations to conduct testing that the general public wouldn't know about?" Max asked.

"Without specifics? I think it would be harder for a government to maintain the necessary secrecy than a private company," said Mohinder. "They would need a powerful motivation to attempt it."