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Andrew Jacobs is a reporter with the Science desk of The New York Times covering global health. Formerly in Beijing, Brazil and other far-flung locales.
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C.T.E. Can’t Be Detected in the Living. New Brain Research Offers Hope.

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C.T.E. Can’t Be Detected in the Living. New Brain Research Offers Hope. Scientists are developing imaging techniques and blood tests that one day may enable doctors to identify the disease definitively in living patients.
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Psilocybin may prevent nerve damage caused by chemotherapy, study finds

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By Andrew Jacobs, New York Times Can psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound also known as magic mushrooms, inoculate cancer patients against the debilitating nerve damage caused by chemotherapy? At first blush, such an outcome might seem like magical thinking.
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Psilocybin May Prevent Nerve Damage Caused by Chemotherapy, Study Finds

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Psilocybin May Prevent Nerve Damage Caused by Chemotherapy, Study Finds The preliminary research was conducted in mice, but scientists were optimistic the results would apply to humans. Clinical trials begin this month. There are no effective treatments for neuropathy, which causes pain, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet, and can force patients to scale back or halt chemotherapy when the discomfort becomes too much.Credit...Mason Trinca for The New York Times Sept.
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