Loss-of-function Mutations Lead to Drug Resistance in Blood Flukes

Filed under: Texas Drug Use

In addition, they used X-ray crystallography and computational methods to visualize how the drug interacts with the protein this gene encodes and how changes to the gene affect that interaction. "We were able to identify the critical gene by crossing …
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Drug Tests Falter as Way for States to Deny Public Aid

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But their enactment has often been hampered by legal challenges and the expense of running the programs, which generally uncover relatively few drug users. Drug testing of welfare recipients in Florida was halted by a federal judge. The rollout of a …
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Missouri to execute inmate using drugs from secret supplier

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The compounding pharmacies now used by Georgia, Missouri, South Dakota, Texas and several other states tend to be small businesses that concoct one-off orders of drugs for personal use, while the new legislation specifically only covers outlets that …
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Arrests made in El Paso cocaine ring investigation

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13 and unsealed Wednesday in El Paso. Authorities say the undercover investigation targeted a gang-affiliated drug trafficking network responsible for distribution of crack and powder cocaine in the El Paso area. © 2013 The Associated Press. All rights …
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