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  • That researchers have been mistakenly using Hirudo verbana in their work for decades may call much of this research, including hundreds of scientific publications, into question and force a reconsideration of what scientists think they know about this widely studied species.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • Good-bye coconut lime verbana, it has been a nice ride!

    bath and body works no more - Little Elm 2009

  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2004, for use as a prescription medical device that helps restore blood flow following cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, Hirudo verbana has not been approved by the FDA and has no special conservation status. ...

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • Their analysis clearly showed that the commercial and laboratory specimens were not Hirudo medicinalis, as they were labeled, but Hirudo verbana.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • Good-bye coconut lime verbana, it has been a nice ride!

    November 2009 2009

  • Until now, the leeches were assumed to be the species Hirudo medicinalis, but new research reveals they are actually a closely related but genetically distinct species, Hirudo verbana.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • Good-bye coconut lime verbana, it has been a nice ride!

    daily life 2009

  • I had some doubts of our being able to find any, and prepared to go in search of it with hesitating despondency: but he desired me to remain; and turning to Suleiman, our janizary, who stood by us smoking with great tranquillity, he said, "Suleiman, verbana su,"

    Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

  • Daniel Wagenaar, Broad Senior Research Fellow in Brain Circuitry at Caltech and first author of the paper, found that injecting a particular hormone into a medicinal leech (Hirudo verbana) induced a series of movements that closely mimic natural reproductive behavior, including a stereotypical 180-degree twisting of the body.

    innovations-report 2010

  • I agree with verbana -- this sounds high profile, and canceling might close a few doors you would rather have open in the future.

    Wired Campus 2010

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