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Matthew Perry died of ‘acute effects of ketamine’—what you need to know about the drug
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Matthew Perry died of ‘acute effects of ketamine’—what you need to know about the drug

by Philip Crilly, The Conversation 10 ml vial of 1000 mg ketamine. Credit: Psychonaught/Wikipedia Millions of people worldwide were left devastated by the death this year of 54-year-old Matthew Perry, the “Friends” star famous for bringing wise-cracking Chandler Bing to life. A global superstar, recently sober with an autobiography on the bestseller lists, it looked like...

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In Down Syndrome Mouse Model, Scientists Reverse Intellectual Deficits with Drugs

In a surprising finding using the standard animal model of Down syndrome (DS), scientists were able to correct the learning and memory deficits associated with the condition — the leading genetic cause of cognitive disability and the most frequently diagnosed chromosomal disorder in the U.S. — with drugs that target the body’s response to cellular...