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MDMA-assisted Therapy Rejected by FDA – What This Means for Veterans with Addiction

A recent New Drug Application (NDA) for MDMA-assisted therapy requested by Lykos Therapeutics has been rejected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This news has brought disappointment to many, including other researchers and veterans living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) who were eagerly waiting for this treatment to be approved. Fortunately, there are still

Optogenetics Research Offers Hope for Addiction

In 2004, Stanford neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth pioneered research into a new way to treat addiction. Optogenetics, a treatment using light to stimulate neurons in the brain, has been used to study drug addiction, anxiety, Parkinson’s disease, depression, and autism. In 2013 researchers found that stimulating one region of the brain with light appeared to reduce