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  • Smoking wipes out protective genes
    News - 21 Jan 2008
    A University of Rochester scientist discovered that the toxins in cigarette smoke wipe out a gene that plays a vital role in protecting the body from the effects of premature aging.
  • So-called success of 'shooting galleries' in Britain draws a mixed response
    News - 21 Nov 2007
    A pilot scheme in London where addicts can inject themselves with heroin in a special clinic appears to have reduced drug use and crime.
  • Childhood epilepsy research offers new hope for seizure control
    News - 18 Oct 2007
    Scientists still do not know what causes epileptic seizures, but researchers from Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute are one step closer to solving this puzzle with the help of their newly developed...
  • Insulin levels affect the brain's dopamine systems
    News - 18 Oct 2007
    Insulin, long known as an important regulator of blood glucose levels, now has a newly appreciated role in the brain.
  • What's wrong with being shy?
    News - 12 Oct 2007
    What's wrong with being shy, and just when and how did bashfulness and other ordinary human behaviors in children and adults become psychiatric disorders treatable with powerful, potentially dangerous...
  • Stealth learning fosters science education
    News - 27 Sep 2007
    Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, a Duke University pharmacology professor who left the lab bench to focus on science education, has developed a tactic for keeping students hands in the air at the end of...
  • Fear protein found
    News - 2 Aug 2007
    A University of Iowa study shows that loss or chemical inhibition of a protein, known as acid sensing ion channel protein (ASIC1a), reduces innate fear behavior in lab animals, making normally timid...
  • Nicotine rush hinges on sugar in neurons
    News - 23 Jul 2007
    As with other questions involving good sensations, the answer appears to be sugar.
  • Potential dangers of Ritalin
    News - 18 Jul 2007
    Use of the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug Ritalin by young children may cause long-term changes in the developing brain, suggests a new study of very young rats by a research...
  • Targeted nalmefene with simple medical management in the treatment of heavy drinkers
    News - 4 Jul 2007
    Problem drinkers who took a craving-curbing drug whenever they felt the desire to imbibe reported fewer heavy drinking days each month than drinkers who took a look-alike placebo pill, but both groups...

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