Archive: 01/06/2016

New muscular dystrophy drug target identified

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that muscle cells affected by muscular dystrophy contain high levels of an enzyme that impairs muscle repair. This finding provides a new target for potential drug ...

Opioids are not necessarily evil

Since 1999, the use of opioids for pain management has quadrupled in the USA, resulting in what is now well known as the 'opioid epidemic'—too many Americans are now unnecessarily reliant on the drugs and opioid-related ...

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