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Turning to matchmaking to speed translational research
Report by Meredith Wadman

In May, Harvard Medical School and its affiliated hospitals landed a large grant aimed at hooking up basic and clinical researchers trying to turn lab ideas more quickly into medicines that will help patients.


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Trauma therapy on ice
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Cooling the body after brain injury is beneficial in animal models but does not seem to work in children, according to a recent clinical trial. What do the experts think?


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Cannabinoids keep on giving
Bedside↔Bench

This month in our B2B section, Daniele Piomelli and Beat Lutz & Krisztina Monory discuss two fascinating aspects of rimonabant, the best known antagonist of endocannabinoid signaling.


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Imatinib buys time for brain after stroke

Article by Su et al.

The best drug against stroke, tissue plasminogen activator, must be given soon after injury due to the risk of hemorrhage. The anticancer drug imatinib may help overcome these limitations.


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Rejuvenating premature aging
Letter by Varela et al.

Two commonly prescribed drugs, statins and aminobisphosphonates, may be helpful in combating the rare premature-aging disorder, Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.



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