Wrong Direction on Stem Cells
In a huge overreach, a federal judge has decided that the legal interpretation that has governed federal support of embryonic stem cell research for more than a decade is invalid. If the ruling stands, it will be a serious blow to medical research.
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Can a Party Drug Mitigate Bipolar Disorder's Depression?
Recreational drug users call it "Special K." Large, frequent doses of the anesthetic ketamine can give users vivid hallucinations, but a recently published study hints that the drug may have a medicinal use: temporarily treating depression brought on by bipolar disorder.
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Stem Cell Treatment In Human Trials
Imagine having your back cut open, part of your spine removed, a stabilizing device that resembles a mini oil rig mounted on your back, the outer membrane of your spinal cord sliced open and experimental stem cells injected into it -- all for the advancement of science because it …
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Florida Doctors Prescribe OxyContin at 5 Times the National Average - Bordering States Feel the Pain
Prescriptions for opiate drugs such as OxyContin are harder to come by these days in the Appalachian states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
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Evolving Viruses All the Way to Extinction
...some scientists are turning the virus's secret weapon against it. They hope to cure infections by forcing viruses to evolve their way to extinction.
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