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Published online 29 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040628-12

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Viagra for women?

Drug targets female brain to boost sex drive.

Ever since Viagra worked for men - and didn't for women - researchers have been searching for a drug that turns women on. Now a hormone-like drug may hit the spot, by targeting not the genitals, but the brain.

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