Medicinal light swords
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Photodynamic therapy is a technique using molecules activated by lasers that can destroy tissue that is unwanted. QLT PhotoTherapeutics is one company involved in the development of this technique. DUSA Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacyclics are also involved in this area. The technique can be useful in treating cancer patients and trials are being carried out. The therapy will not provide a magic bullet, but it can help to make some improvement for cancer patients.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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The boom in depression
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The discovery that a wide range of psychiatric disorders can be successfully treated with antidepressants has led psychiatrists to theorize the existence of what they call Affective Spectrum Disorder. It supposes that many mental conditions are caused by the same chemical aberration.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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