Lab Notes: These Rats Don't Get Hyper on Meth
Lab Notes: These Rats Don't Get Hyper on Meth
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Similar to what is being studied for nicotine and cocaine addiction, a vaccine targeting methamphetamine prevented two of the major effects of meth intoxication — an inability to regulate body temperature and excessive physical activity, Michael Taffe …
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Innovative Approach to Helping Teens Comes to Southern Maryland
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On Wednesday November 7th, partners of the St. Mary's County and Charles County Juvenile Drug Courts will be training to provide the Seven Challenges Program intervention to youth engaged in their programs. Seven Challenges is designed to treat …
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Unanimous FDA Panel Backs Anthrax Drug
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WASHINGTON — An FDA panel has unanimously voted in favor of approving the monoclonal antibody raxibacumab for treating inhalational anthrax, just 3 years after the agency denied approval of the same drug. The Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee …
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Vertex Shares Fall as Worries Over Growth Prospects Rise
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The Cambridge, Mass., company has benefitted from being early to market with new drugs to treat life-threatening diseases in potentially huge markets. Having gotten those first-generation drugs approved, there was investor confidence that the company …
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