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Why Nicotine is Addictive

Researchers identify brain receptors in mice responsible for nicotine addiction

Researchers identify brain receptors in mice responsible for nicotine addiction, which could help researchers develop drugs to help the world's billion smokers quit. Report calls for scientists to ensure that developments in beneficial biotechnologies are not adapted to make human or agricultural genetic weapons. Conference on protecting artifacts in tropical climates. Studying synathestia that causes some people to taste shapes or hear smells as stimulation of one sense activates another.

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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