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Moving marijuana to a less restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act poses benefits and potential risks.…
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Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNAs, molecules…
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Both Trump and Harris seek to lower drug costs for patients. What headway have they made on realizing this goal?
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