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“Piece of Mind” Project

Piece of Mind is a multidisciplinary collective of neuroscientists, musicians, dancers and circus artists collaborating with the goal of presenting scientific concepts through performance arts. The majority of scientific advances are only communicated in writing, and remain within the academic realm. While art-science projects have been picking up steam as a means of engaging the […]

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A new study shows that jet lag drug could ease chemotherapy induced pain

Researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen report that giving melatonin prior to chemotherapy treatment prevents nerve damage and development of chemotherapy-induced pain in rats.   A recent study published in the Journal of Pineal Research revealed that melatonin – a drug commonly used to ease the side effects of jet, can help in

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