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Neural Network Is Only Activated After Drug Injection Compared to Oral Drug Use
NIH study suggests the brain’s “salience network” is important for understanding substance use disorder, could be a future therapeutic target.
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New Device Can "Smell" Sea Sponges
With the help of a new device, the In Situ Marine moleculE Logger, or I-SMEL, researchers at Station Marine d’Endoume, Marseille, have been able to collect sea sponge compounds with newfound ease.
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Drug Compound Shows Early Promise for ALS in Mouse Study
A drug that prevents the accumulation of damaged mitochondria has shown promise for treating ALS in a mouse study.
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Could the Next Successful Antiviral Come From Willow Tree Bark?
Scientists have found that specially processed samples of willow bark extract have an antiviral effect which isn’t seen in already known medical compounds from willow bark, such as salicylic acid, the precursor to modern aspirin.
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Potential Anti-Cancer Target Identified in Flies
MYC proteins play an important role in many types of cancer. A research team at the University of Würzburg has now succeeded in indirectly influencing these proteins – with clear consequences for the tumor.
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Ketamine Clinics Misleading Consumers About Side Effects, Suggests Study
An analysis of Maryland ketamine advertisers has suggested that their websites and marketing materials are awash with false and misleading claims about the drug’s addictiveness, side effects and approval status.
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Drug Approved To Prevent Breast Cancer Post-Menopause in the UK
Anastrozole is now authorised as a preventative treatment for post-menopausal women at moderate or high risk of breast cancer.
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Drug Shows Promise in First-in-Human Trial for Relapsed Blood Cancer
A new targeted drug may offer a new treatment option for patients with blood cancers, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia, showing promise in the first-in-human trials.
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Modified CAR T-Cell Therapy Shows Improved Efficacy in Preclinical Study
Researchers at the University of Freiburg have now been able to prevent the exhaustion caused by CAR-T cell therapy and thus significantly improve the effect of the therapy in a preclinical animal model.
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Cause of Tau Tangles in Alzheimer’s Disease Identified
An experimental drug can reduce the toxic changes in tau proteins known to damage neurons in brains with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report.
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