In Mice Anti-Inflammatories Ameliorate Medical Marijuana's Memory Mishaps
Medical marijuana can interfere with memory and learning, but mice that got pot and anti-inflammatories avoided the detrimental effects. Sophie Bushwick reports
Invention Could Scope Out Counterfeit Drugs
PharmaCheck relies on microfluidics to test tiny amounts of a drug to make sure it contains the active ingredient. Cynthia Graber reports.
Influenza: Trying to Catch a Moving Target
Despite decades of research decoding the influenza virus—and great advances in treating and vaccinating against the disease—this infectious pathogen continues both to surprise and confound us
Ask the Diva: Will B-12 Injections Boost Your Energy?
Nutrition Diva: Quick and Dirty Tips for Eating Well and Feeling Fabulous
FDA Moves to Avert Drug Shortages
New actions aim to help the agency respond to quality control issues that force drugmakers to discard medicines
U.S. to Approve Potent Oral Drugs for Hepatitis C
Improved treatments offer hope for eradication of these viral liver infections
Polio Reemerges in Syria and Israel, Threatening Europe
New cases in Syria highlight the vulnerability of nearby countries to the viral disease
Mouse To Scorpion: "Is That All Ya Got?"
Grasshopper mice have evolved biochemical pathways that thwart scorpion venom by reacting to it as a painkiller. Sophie Bushwick reports.
Life on Earth Was Not a Fluke
Figuring out how biomolecular self-organization happens may hold the key to understanding life on Earth formed and perhaps how it might form on other planets
Dear Evolution, Thanks for the Allergies
Watery eyes could be a good thing after all
Extra Gene Makes Mice Manic
A common mood-stabilizing drug, valproate, is found to control manic-like behavior induced in mice with an extra copy of a gene called SHANK3
Protect Infants from Whooping Cough by Vaccinating Older Kids
Increasing the numbers of adolescents who got the pertussis vaccine reduced the number of babies who were hospitalized with the disease. Sophie Bushwick reports