Better Knowledge of Drug-Abuse Science Guides New Treatment Approaches

Published September 8, 2013

Better Knowledge of Drug-Abuse Science Guides New Treatment Approaches – Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, discusses advances in the understanding of drug addiction that are hoped to lead to new …

UTEP Provost Named To Federal Advisory Council

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Other significant recent appointments include the Executive Committee of the Council on Academic Affairs for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and appointment to the National Institute of Drug Abuse Advisory Council Work …
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2013 Avant-Garde Awards explore HIV without AIDS, protective genes

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… genes that protect some people from the ill effects of HIV, three American scientists have been chosen to receive the 2013 Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of …
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FDA approves Celgene drug for pancreatic cancer

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have approved Celgene Inc.'s drug Abraxane to treat late-stage pancreatic cancer. In experimental trials, the drug … it can't be surgically removed. The National Cancer Institute estimates about 45,000 patients will …
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