11.   A second genetic test would confirm results.

12.   Additional tests confirmed the results.

13.   But later tests confirmed her suspicion that V. cholerae could exist naturally in the environment.

14.   Current tests confirm the presence of anthrax by collecting and growing the spores, a process that can take several days.

15.   Davis sustained the injury Friday, and a magnetic-resonance-imaging test confirmed his worst fears.

16.   Days later, further tests confirmed the cancer.

17.   DNA tests confirmed that the clothes belonged to Kipper, but showed no evidence of blood or semen.

18.   Finally, the tests confirmed that my brain-wave patterns were those of someone with epilepsy.

19.   For example, tests could confirm that the drug accomplishes the same thing in the body that it does in a test tube.

20.   Franks said that, thus far, tests had not confirmed the presence of chemical or biological weapons.