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• Targeting 'hidden pocket' for treatment of stroke and seizure

  19-01-2019 15:57
  By closely examining a special neuron receptor that is involved in memory, learning, and much more, researchers have identified a hidden molecular 'pocket.' By creating chemical compounds that affect this pocket only in very specific circumstances, they are one step closer to creating ideal treatments for stroke and seizures.
  
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• 'Dad has had more comebacks than Elvis': confessions of a reluctant carer

  19-01-2019 10:00
  There are a lot of things I have been meaning to do. Pushing 50 and moving back in with my parents wasn’t among themPeople react kindly when I tell them I look after my folks, but things are not as selfless as they seem. I care, but I am also captive. When I first came home, temporarily I imagined, to help them through a difficult patch, I had a house, a marriage and some semblance of a career. That was more than 12 months ago. Then the work project that had absorbed the previous two years
  
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