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After 60 years, a groundbreaking cinema verite #documentary film about #Drugs In The #Tenderloin returns to #SanFrancisco

This Tenderloin film vanished after airing 60 years ago. It’s back.
In this documentary, which has rarely aired since its debut in the 1960s, four young people reflect on their lives in the Tenderloin.

🫦 New, non-opioid molecule acts like a long-lasting anesthetic, relieving chronic pain for three weeks
#pain #drugs #medicine

New, non-opioid molecule acts like a long-lasting anesthetic, relieving chronic pain for three weeks
A new molecule developed by University at Buffalo researchers acts like a local, long-lasting anesthetic, providing robust pain relief for up to three weeks, according to the results of preclinical studies reported recently in the journal Pain.

⚗️ Secrets of the dark genome could spark new drug discoveries
#drugs

Secrets of the dark genome could spark new drug discoveries
Since the Human Genome Project first produced the genetic instructions for a human being by sequencing DNA 22 years ago, scientists have been focused on roughly 2% of the genome-producing proteins.

💊 These 'exploding' capsules can deliver insulin without a needle using sodium bicarbonate
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-capsules-insulin-needle-sodium-bicarbonate.html

These 'exploding' capsules can deliver insulin without a needle using sodium bicarbonate
Georgia Tech engineers have created a pill that could effectively deliver insulin and other injectable drugs, making medicines for chronic illnesses easier for patients to take, less invasive, and potentially less expensive.