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Acne antibiotics help treat schizophrenia.

5 March 2012 grant 0

The Independent reports on one of those weird medical side effect whodathunkits (like Rogaine and Viagra coming from blood pressure medications). Minocycline, a drug usually used to … Read the rest “Acne antibiotics help treat schizophrenia.”

Inside magic mushrooms… inside the MRI

3 February 2012 grant 0

Imperial College, London, is learning what makes psilocybin mushrooms *trippy* – and what that means for our brains:

Professor David Nutt, from the Department of Medicine at Imperial

… Read the rest “Inside magic mushrooms… inside the MRI”

“Special K” for depression.

30 January 2012 grant 0

Into the K-hole and out of altogether darker hole… NPR looks at the new use for an old club drug (and veterinary anesthetic):

[O]ne of the challenges in treating these severely depressed

… Read the rest ““Special K” for depression.”

Workout in a pill. No, really.

12 January 2012 grant 0

MIT Tech Review is finally announcing part of that unimaginable future we’ve all been waiting for – fat-burning exercise in capsule form:

Researchers have discovered a natural

… Read the rest “Workout in a pill. No, really.”

Psychedelic science spreads.

28 September 2011 grant b 0

Salon covers the state of play in the burgeoning movement to use psychedelic drugs as medicine:

“It was absolutely incredible,” remembers Kossut. “The first rush

… Read the rest “Psychedelic science spreads.”

X leads to cancer cure.

22 August 2011 grant b 0

BBC covers the latest cure to come from recreational drugs:

Ecstasy is known to kill some cancer cells, but scientists have increased its effectiveness 100-fold, they said in Investigational

… Read the rest “X leads to cancer cure.”

Research opportunity: Magic mushrooms, cancer patients.

11 August 2011 grant b 0

If you know anyone who’s battling cancer, Johns Hopkins would like to see if psilocybin will help:

We are seeking volunteers with a diagnosis of cancer to participate in a scientific

… Read the rest “Research opportunity: Magic mushrooms, cancer patients.”

80 percent of America’s antibiotics go to livestock.

28 December 2010 grant b 0

Wired examines the economy of our antibiotic culture:

Two weeks ago, I broke the news of a new FDA report that estimated for the first time the amount of antibiotics sold in the United States

… Read the rest “80 percent of America’s antibiotics go to livestock.”

Ecstasy for autism.

20 December 2010 grant b 0

PsychCentral is turning on to the real, measurable benefits that the clubbiest of club drugs has on schizophrenia, autism and other disorders:

Some scientists believe that the drug MDMA

… Read the rest “Ecstasy for autism.”

Frog skin super-drugs…

3 September 2010 grant b 0

…will beat those super-bugs. Science Daily reveals a brand new source for potent antibiotics:

The scientists are currently screening skin secretions from more than 6,000 species

… Read the rest “Frog skin super-drugs…”

SONG: Rising Like the Sun

23 August 2010 grant b 0

SONG: “Rising Like the Sun”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Antidepressants in water cause shrimps… Read the rest “SONG: Rising Like the Sun”

Snail spit kills pain.

29 July 2010 grant b 0

I have a vague memory of writing a story back in the 1990s about researchers trying to figure out how to use lethal cone snail venom for medical purposes. Well, EurekAlert says they finally… Read the rest “Snail spit kills pain.”

X in uniform.

21 July 2010 grant b 0

MAPS has published a study confirming that MDMA really does work in treating post-traumatic stress disorder:

Participants treated with a combination of MDMA and psychotherapy saw clinically

… Read the rest “X in uniform.”

Prozac pollution and shrimp suicide.

13 July 2010 grant b 1

BBC News reports that antidepressant runoff is encouraging shrimp to go toward the white light:

The researchers say this causes the shrimps to forget to hide from predators and, as a result,

… Read the rest “Prozac pollution and shrimp suicide.”

Printing pills.

2 June 2010 grant b 0

PhysOrg reports on a new technique for making medication by printing drugs onto tablets:

A medicine droplet is 20 times larger than an ink droplet in a standard ink-jet system, so the challenges

… Read the rest “Printing pills.”

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