41.   Lynn Fitzgerald and colleagues in the sports science department at Brunel University College, west London, developed the test originally to warn athletes of excessive stress during training.

42.   Matritech said the results augment earlier testing and hold promise for developing a test that could diagnose the disease before it progresses to cancer.

43.   Meldrum said the company had licensed rights to the angiotensinogen patents and developed a test that screens hypertensive patients for the presence of this mutation.

44.   Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. has developed a test for melanoma patients based on gene testing.

45.   Meanwhile, researchers are developing better tests, using laser beams and fiber optics, to more quickly detect microorganisms.

46.   Myriad Genetics Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Oncormed Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland, are among the companies developing genetic tests.

47.   Officials at the state Department of Education say that in developing the test, they have tried to avoid any bias.

48.   One of the major aims will be to develop a test to detect the disease at an early and curable stage.

49.   Project researchers are working with scientists at the Mayo Clinic to develop better tests for toxic shock bacteria.

50.   Project Vote Smart, a nonpartisan, non-profit organization, developed the test with the help of political experts nationwide.