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Medicine

“Transformative” New Lung Cancer Drug Stuns Scientists with Efficacy of 89% – Available in 87 Countries

June 12, 2020

Phase III trials of a new lung cancer treatment have demonstrated such an unprecedented degree of effectiveness in decreasing…

Medicine

Last Week Different Studies Found Killer T-Cells and Antibodies that Neutralize COVID-19

May 18, 2020

PICTURED: The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Photo Credit: NIAID. CC 2.0 There are currently over 100 COVID-19 vaccines going…

Medicine

Study of DMT Users by Johns Hopkins Reports 89% Positive Changes in Life Satisfaction

May 11, 2020

Native cultures have been taking psychedelic chemicals for recreational and religious purposes for thousands of years. One of which,…

Medicine

Irreversible No-Longer – Blind Mice See Again Thanks To New and Better Method for Synthesizing Lost Cells

April 15, 2020

Age-related macular degeneration (MD) is a variety of ocular disease that affects so many millions of people that it’s…

Gut Microbiome Could be Better at Predicting Disease and Mortality Than Our Own Genetics
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Gut Microbiome Could be Better at Predicting Disease and Mortality Than Our Own Genetics

January 27, 2020May 29, 2024

A new paper from Tierney et al. at Harvard Medical School awaiting peer-review has found evidence that the human…

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Chinese Scientist Sentenced to 3-Years for Gene-Editing Fetuses

January 1, 2020

November 25, 2018. PICTURED: Chinese biomedical researcher Dr. Jiankui He. Photo credit The He Lab. CC 3.0 December 30th,…

Medicine

Should A “Clean Food Act” Be The Day-1 Job For The 2020 Democratic Hopefuls?

November 14, 2019

PICTURED: Presidential hopeful and representative of Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard smiles for the camera next to Bernard Freeman, an activist…

Medicine

Nicotine And Cannabis Bind To The Same Receptor Gene

June 13, 2019

A gene is a sequence of nucleotides contained in our DNA and RNA which carry the blueprints for the…

Medicine

Largest Study Of Its Kind Demonstrates That Rural Communities Drive Global BMI Not Cities

May 8, 2019

The world has seen an increase in the urban-dwelling population over the last 34 years; from about 40% to…

MDMA Reactivates Social Reward Systems In Adult Mice
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MDMA Reactivates Social Reward Systems In Adult Mice

April 2, 2019September 15, 2023

A new study published by Johns Hopkins University concludes that the effect of just a single dose of methylenedioxymethamphetamine…

Medicine

Ketamine-Based Antidepressant Nasal Spray Approved By The FDA Now Available In Virginia

March 22, 2019

VIRGINIA, MARCH 20th 2019: Virginia announces the availability of prescription Spravato, a nasal spray of a ketamine-like compound called…

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Italy Quietly Tries to Renew Military Cooperation Agreement with Israel, Law firm Notices and Objects

Andy Corbley May 23, 2025

Signed in 2002 and entering into force in 2005, few Italian citizens will know what has resulted from a…

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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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