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Cocaine Use Creates Feedback Loop with Gut Bacteria: Mouse Study

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Damage to Brain Network Curbs Urge to Smoke

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Infographic: Inducing Active Immunity Against Opioid Overdose

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Opioid Vaccines as a Tool to Stem Overdose Deaths

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Remembering Those We Lost in 2021

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Neuroscientist Nadia Chaudhri Dies at 43

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Trout Appear to Get Hooked on Meth

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Vitamin D Deficiency Drives Opioid Addiction in Mice

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Mary Jeanne Kreek, Methadone Developer, Dies at 84

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Cerebellum Plays Crucial Role in Metabolizing Alcohol in Mice

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Book Excerpt from Drugs Without the Hot Air

Opinion: Governments Should Rethink Drug Policies

Addictive Behavior Control Circuit Discovered in Rat Brains

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Opinion: The Best Neuroscience Books of 2019

Ketamine Could Help Cut Alcohol Consumption by Rewiring Memory

Cerebellar Surprises

The Cerebellum’s Secrets: A Profile of Kamran Khodakhah

Can Genetics Explain Human Behavior?

Opioid Settlement Money to Fund Addiction Research Center

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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