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Published online 27 November 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031124-5

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Mutant mice chill out on ecstasy

Drug to prevent lethal overheating may result from protein find.

Mice that lack a key protein stay cool after ingesting ecstasy1. Therapies to treat potentially fatal overheating associated with the club drug may follow.

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