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Engineers Build Mini Drug-Producing Biofactories In Yeast
August 15, 2008 — Researchers have developed a novel way to churn out large quantities of drugs, including antiplaque toothpaste additives, antibiotics, nicotine, and even morphine, using mini biofactories -- in ... > full story -
Nature Or Nurture: Are You Who Your Brain Chemistry Says You Are?
August 12, 2008 — Researchers using positron emission tomography (PET) have validated a long-held theory that individual personality traits -- particularly reward dependency -- are connected to brain chemistry, a ... > full story -
Methadone Breaks Resistance In Untreatable Forms Of Leukemia
August 1, 2008 — Researchers have discovered that methadone, an agent used to break addiction to opioid drugs, has surprising killing power against leukemia cells, including treatment resistant forms of the ... > full story -
High Rates, Rising Costs Of Alcohol And Drug Disorders In Hospitalized Patients Shown
June 25, 2008 — Fourteen percent of patients admitted to the hospital have alcohol/drug abuse and addiction disorders, costs for which have risen sharply in recent years, according to a new ... > full story -
Opioids And Cannabinoids Influence Mobility Of Spermatozoids
June 20, 2008 — There are opioid and cannabinoid receptors in human sperm and these influence the mobility of spermatozoid. This research opens the door to more effective treatment of fertility ... > full story -
How Best To Treat Chronic Pain? The Jury Is Still Out
June 5, 2008 — A review of recent studies on pain medicine reports that while various approaches and combinations of therapies to treat pain have advantages and disadvantages, researchers don't yet know how to ... > full story -
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Noninvasive Oxygen Therapy Eases Final Hours, Days For Lung Cancer Patients
May 20, 2008 — For patients with end-stage lung cancer, noninvasive ventilation may be more effective at reducing breathing difficulty than standard oxygen therapy, and has the added advantage of reducing patients' ... > full story -
New Light Shed On Heroin Addiction
May 14, 2008 — Researchers have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of heroin addiction by manipulating the adenosine A2A receptor, which plays a major role in the brain's 'reward ... > full story -
Depression Diversity: Brain Studies Reveal Big Differences Among Individuals
May 8, 2008 — Depressed people may have far fewer of the receptors for some of the brain's "feel good" stress-response chemicals than non-depressed people, new research shows. And even among depressed people, the ... > full story -
New Target For Alzheimer's Disease Identified
May 7, 2008 — In a new study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers have determined in mouse models that modulating the activity of enkephalin peptides in the brain might reduce the cognitive ... > full story
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