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Medical Marijuana May Help Lessen Opioid Use and Potential Abuse
Medical marijuana shows early promise to lessen opioid use and potential abuse, according to a systematic review of published studies being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2019 annual meeting. However, more rigorous scientific research must be conducted to determine if there truly are pain relief benefits to medical marijuana that can help ease chronic pain and outweigh potential risks.
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Compound Kills Chemotherapy-resistant Cancer Cells
Study reports the discovery of a compound that is capable of killing chemotherapy-resistant glioblastoma-initiating cells (GICs), raising hopes of producing drugs capable of eradicating refractory tumors with low toxicity.
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Creatine Fuels T Cells’ Fight Against Cancer
Creatine serves as a molecular battery for immune cells by storing and distributing energy to fuel their fight against cancer, according to a new study.
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Better Together - Quest Towards Open Access Publication
Not-for-profit Jisc and the Microbiology Society announce a pilot transitional open access agreement. The "Publish and Read" deal will allow researchers at participating institutions to publish an unlimited number of open-access articles, as well as access to the society’s full portfolio in return for a cost neutral fixed fee.
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Metabolic Dysfunction Could Be a Potential Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease
A team of researchers led by Yale-NUS College has found evidence that metabolic dysfunction is a primary cause of Alzheimer's disease.
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Bioactive Agents Improve Synthetic Bone Substitutes
Synthetic bone substitutes are promising materials for bone defect repair, but their efficacy can be substantially improved by bioactive agents such as growth factors. In a new study, researchers have modified beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) with increasing quantities of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) derived from E. coli and shown improved bone healing.
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Drug Treats Inflammation Related to Genetic Heart Disease
Johns Hopkins researchers have shed new light on the role of the immune system in the progression of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) and have also discovered a drug that may help prevent ACM symptoms and progression to heart failure.
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Targeted Therapy Could Help Children With Deadly Nerve Cancer
Mount Sinai researchers have discovered a targeted therapy for adolescent patients with neuroblastoma, a deadly pediatric nerve cancer, who would otherwise have no treatment options.
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Plant-based Compound Helps Overcome Gene Therapy Challenges
Researchers believe they have found a way to sidestep some of the current difficulties associated with gene therapy, resulting in a better method that would save money and improve treatment outcomes.
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A New Way of Creating the Building Blocks of Drugs
A team have discovered how to synthesize the most common molecule arrangement in medicine, a scientific discovery that could change the way a number of drugs are produced.
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