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The work follows a study carried out by Oregon health and Science University, which suggested a link between a gene mutation in mice and tolerance to alcohol. Researchers at Liverpool have investigated this in worms, looking specifically at the role the gene plays in communication between cells in the nervous system.

In the October 14th edition of Science Signaling researchers at Boston University School of medicine (BUSM), The Children's hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine have shown that the development of epi

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice traveled to Mexico this week to discuss the nation's escalating drug violence, and Mexican officials called on the U.S. to quickly release promised funding to pay for military equipment to fight drug cartels.

Global stock markets may be tanking, but Philip Morris International's profits are up 20 percent and company officials are boasting that the results show the industry can weather even the most brutal economic storm.

Scientists at The University of Nottingham are to use MRI technology to discover whether abnormalities in the decision-making part of the brain could make some people more likely to become addicted to drugs.

The number of smoke-free college campuses in the U.S. has grown to at least 140 in recent years.

Local alcohol restrictions may be responsible for the rise of a bootleg culture in some Alaska towns.

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