Banning 'magic mint' could slow research

Banning 'magic mint' could slow research.

Salvinorin A: the "magic mint" hallucinogen finds a molecular target in the kappa opioid receptor.

Salvinorin A, a neoclerodane diterpene, is the most potent naturally occurring hallucinogen known and rivals the synthetic hallucinogen lysergic acid diethylamide in potency. Recently, the molecular target of salvinorin A was identified as the kappa opioid receptor (KOR). Salvinorin A represents the only known non-nitrogenous KOR selective agonist. Based on the selectivity of salvinorin A for t...

MAGIC – IFATIS: EC-Research Projects

In this contribution two European research projects funded by the European Commission in the framework of the IST programme are introduced. The goal is to present the basic ideas and concepts of the projects “ Multi-Agents-based Diagnostic Data Acquisition and Management in Complex Systems (MAGIC)” and “Intelligent Fault Tolerant Control in Integrated Systems (IFATIS)” which both aim at the sol...

Strong preference for mint snus flavor among research participants

Introduction The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 allows the US FDA to regulate tobacco products, including the banning of characterizing flavors, such as fruit and candy, cigarettes. The availability of mint flavored snus may facilitate the use of the product if consumers find it more palatable with respect to taste, odor, pleasantness, and intensity. Methods This st...

The magic sextet of clinical research.

This article approaches some general guidelines for evaluating clinical research (design, execution and reporting), including the initial research 'idea' (or question to be answered), 'hypothesis and objective' which should be aligned with the 'primary variable' to be investigated and the 'conclusions' reached on the basis of the results of the study. One cannot forget that the study 'title' sh...