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drugs

The front of GSK's headquarters showing its logo

Health

Calls for pharma to follow GSK and make drugs more accessible

Pharma giant GSK has said it will not file patents for its medicines in poor countries, putting pressure on others to follow suit

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Big Ben poppers

Space

Feedback: Poppers burn a hole in the UK's blanket drugs ban

Regulars

shiny head man

Humans

The Myth of the Moral Brain: Could a drug make us nicer people?

CultureLab

New Scientist Default Image

Health

US introduces measures to tackle opioid painkiller epidemic

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Building in Rennes, France, where drug trial took place

Health

Drug may have hit wrong brain target in French clinical trial

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MRSA bacteria

Health

MRSA superbug’s resistance to antibiotics is broken

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pills

Health

Tap the placebo effect to unlock your body's healing powers

Features

cancer

Health

Cancer’s penicillin moment: Drugs that unleash the immune system

Features

vaccine antibiotic resistance

Health

Use vaccines as a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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Paul Stamets

Life

The mushroom man who wants the world to take fungi seriously

Mushrooms are seriously underrated. They detoxify living animals, can restore ecosystems and could even terraform other planets, says mycologist Paul Stamets

Opinion

Health

Tiny doses of opioid could be first fast anti-suicide drug

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Health

It may be impossible, but it's the law

Leader

Health

You're not hallucinating, MPs really did pass crazy bad drug law

Comment

Health

Crisis in antibiotic resistance could be slowed by blood test

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