Changing our minds about psychedelics takes a great guide
13 June 2018
A book on learning to open our minds to psychedelics as they find a new, more scientific place in our society makes for a fantastic personal story
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Brains grow brand new neurons after experimental drug injection
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We make very few new brain cells as adults, but a chemical cocktail that creates new neurons in mice could change that, and help treat Alzheimer’s and stroke
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The Universal Cancer Databank will let anyone with cancer share their medical and genetic data with researchers globally, with the aim of speeding up new treatments
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