Marijuana exerts its effects in the brain and peripheral organs through two cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2. Lipid molecules made by the body, called “endocannabinoids,” activate these receptors, and are involved in several important physiological functions, including memory, pain and appetite.

In the 1990s, while at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Dey [...]

The University of California, Berkeley, has signed an agreement with the Samoan government to isolate from an indigenous tree the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug and to share any royalties from sale of a gene-derived drug with the people of Samoa.

The agreement, announced today (Thursday, Sept. 30) in Apia, the capital of Samoa, supports [...]

The current paper presents more realistic mathematical and computer models. It incorporates factors such as socially driven mating, physical barriers of geography and migration, and recorded historical events. Although such complexities make pure mathematical analysis difficult, it was possible to integrate them into an elaborate computer simulation model. The computer repeatedly simulated history under varying [...]

    "I was informed this would be a fully automated trail." The Captain said. "Is there a need to modify the programming?"
    "You are autonomous, yet I’m sure there will come a time when you need to modify your programming." The Judiciate was then silent as he became involved in the intricacies of the program. [...]