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Synthetic cannabinoids are laboratory-synthesized versions of THC – the active molecule in marijuana. But these copy-cat…
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Five years after the first chemical weapons attacks in Syria that killed more than 1,400 people, a team at MSU may have…
It's not a matter of if, but when, the next deadly pandemic will strike. Will the world be ready?
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The FDA just a approved a new type of drug called siRNA. Here's how it works and why everyone is so excited about it.
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