Meet Pioneer in Science, Dr. Nora Volkow

Meet Pioneer in Science, Dr. Nora Volkow – Meet Pioneer in Science, Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She’s not your average general in the war on drugs. The troops comman…

Bacteria make us feel pain…and suppress our immune response

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BOSTON, Aug. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The pain of invasive skin infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and possibly other serious, painful infections, appear to be induced by the invading bacteria themselves, and …
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All Genes Are Not Created Equal

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A drug that could be approved for a population as large as those diagnosed with autism has gotten a lot of people's attention, and those in Fragile X research are thrilled to have discovered what some are already calling the key to unlocking autism …
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