Cancer vaccines
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The search for an effective cancer vaccine is exemplified by the efforts of Pramod Srivastava whose treatments have cured animals but whose application in human beings is still to be sanctioned by authorities. Srivastava uses a method that takes part of cancerous tissues to fight the disease.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1998
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Genetic vaccines
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Vaccines are regarded as the most significant medical innovation developed by man due to its power in preventing diseases, including smallpox and polio. Experts are considering the use of genetic materials in developing vaccines for potent diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis C.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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Marijuana: harder than thought?
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Rrecent studies may refute marijuana's classification as a 'soft' drug. One documents the massive release of corticotropin, a stress producer, into the amygdala during marijuana withdrawal. The other shows major dopamine releases resulting from THC.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
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