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Research at UC San Francisco has shown for the first time how the commonly prescribed seizure and pain medication, gabapentin, acts inside of cells, opening the door to new, more effective treatments for diseases like epilepsy ...
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It's the leading cause of disability worldwide and the third most expensive health condition across the globe yet there still is no treatment for lower back pain that goes beyond relieving its symptoms, with all of the downsides ...
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A mutation that causes severe hypertension also protects the kidneys from being damaged, reports a team led by Enno Klußmann of the Max Delbrück Center and the DZHK in Kidney International. The researchers are now exploring ...
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