Mouse experiments suggest psilocybin’s ability to rebuild brain connections may be separable from its psychedelic…
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Pharmacology is the scientific discipline that studies how drugs interact with biological systems. It involves the discovery, chemical properties, biological effects, and therapeutic uses of drugs, encompassing both the beneficial effects and the adverse effects of these substances. Pharmacologists explore the molecular mechanisms by which drugs act in the body to develop new therapeutic agents and improve the efficacy and safety of existing treatments. This field is crucial for the advancement of medicine, enabling the development of new drugs that can treat a wide range of diseases more effectively. Pharmacology is divided into various branches, including clinical pharmacology, which deals with the effects of drugs in humans, and toxicology, which studies the harmful effects of chemicals on living organisms.
A new study reveals a previously overlooked weakness in certain cancer cells that could help…
Researchers uncovered how a high-cholesterol diet weakens the liver’s defenses and lowered LDL in mice…
New compounds have overcome a longstanding challenge by directly targeting β-arrestins, proteins that regulate cellular…
An AI analysis of nearly 150,000 Reddit posts and comments offers the first systematic look…
A drug for high blood pressure could inspire future treatments for people with normal readings,…
Earlier cancer studies may need a second look after researchers found that a drug acts…
A protein-building molecule helped switch resistant prostate tumors back into a drug-sensitive state in experimental…
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A transplant drug improved brain blood flow in a four-week study of healthy adults at…
An experimental injection called CBL-514 reduced both fat beneath the skin and the deeper belly…
A new antibody-based approach may be able to suppress abnormal nerve pain without dulling the…
Laboratory tests found that the compounds could kill the malaria parasite both when it causes…
The findings could help researchers make local anesthetics last longer in people. Patients recovering from…
An experimental drug reversed paralysis and vision loss in mice with a multiple sclerosis-like disease…
An analysis of more than 1,000 gene activity profiles from mouse brains reveals shared molecular…
Researchers developed nanoparticles that could help block the addictive high produced by opioids. A vaccine…
Molecular autopsy reveals features linked to hallucinations and therapeutic benefits. LSD, a psychedelic drug being…