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Video: What makes opioids so addictive
In the 1980s and 90s, pharmaceutical companies began to market opioid painkillers aggressively, while actively downplaying their addictive potential. The ...
Video: Targeting glioblastoma and other deadly cancers with nanoparticles, chemotherapy
Nanoparticles are capable of carrying chemotherapy to areas of the body afflicted by cancer. However, what if these nanoparticles were ...
Who will CRISPR benefit? How to prevent this life-saving technology from creating gender and geographical disparities
From cancer to malaria to HIV, CRISPR is set to open up all kinds of dramatic breakthroughs in medicine, as ...