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Another Psychedelic and Its Potential Psychiatric Promise
Despite the excitement about adding psychedelic substances to psychiatrists’ toolkits, one of the most potent psychedelic compounds available, DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine), has received very little attention from clinicians until recently. This article discusses the science of DMT and explores its potential as a therapeutic.
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Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes: What Are the Key Differences?
Every living organism falls into one of two groups: eukaryotes or prokaryotes. Cellular structure determines which group an organism belongs to. In this article, we will explain in detail what prokaryotes and eukaryotes are and outline the differences between the two.
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Cerebral Cavernous Malformation: Moving Away From Surgery, Exploring Alternate Treatments
Technology Networks spoke to Douglas Marchuk, PhD and Daniel Snellings of Duke University School of Medicine to find out more about the current state and future prospects of CCM treatment.
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Turning On the Vaccine Tap – The Challenges of Scaling Up Manufacturing
Science writer Anthony King takes a close look at how each of the authorized COVID-19 vaccines are made, and the challenges faced when working to vaccinate the global population.
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Immune Response in COVID-19: Pathophysiology Mechanisms to Therapeutics
This article will review the intersection between the COVID-19-induced cytokine storm with dysfunctional immune function in older age as well as leveraging the immune system for drug development.
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Understanding Microfluidics – The Key to Rapid COVID-19 Testing
Hard-working researchers have made impressive and life-saving advances regarding the treatment and diagnosis of COVID-19. This overview highlights why microfluidics have proved instrumental in meeting many of those milestones.
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Mass Spectrometry Brings Resolving Power to Biopharma
In the early 20th century, mass spectrometry (MS) was used to measure the mass of atoms and demonstrate the existence of isotopes. Now, MS is used to study a broad range of molecules including small hydrocarbons, proteins, peptides, carbohydrates and DNA.
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Developing Food Testing Techniques To Combat Emerging Contaminants
Food contamination is not a new issue; this is why food producers take care to perform risk assessments and to keep their operations as hygienic as possible. But in recent years, the rise of a new class of contaminants has become a major concern to the industry.
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In Vivo vs In Vitro: Definition, Pros and Cons
In this article, we will define the terms in vivo and in vitro and further evaluate the pros and cons of analysis using these methods with detailed examples.
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How Good Conversation Benefits From Data Compression
What is dimensionality reduction, what are autoencoders and what does any of that have to do with good conversation?
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