$3 Million To Fund MUSC Methamphetamine Study

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$3 Million To Fund MUSC Methamphetamine Study

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the Medical University
of South Carolina (MUSC) a $3 million grant for the nation's first
Translational Research in Addiction Center (TRAC), which will focus on the
clinical neurobiology of methamphetamine dependence.

MUSC's TRAC was ranked the first in a nationwide competitive program
initiated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The initiative is
part of the larger goal of the NIH to develop research centers that can
bridge the gap between basic preclinical science and clinical research. The
MUSC TRAC will be recruiting methamphetamine-addicted individuals from the
Lowcountry area to participate in the study.

Methamphetamine abuse and dependence has rapidly become a major health
problem throughout the United States, while basic and clinical understanding
of the neurobiology and treatment of methamphetamine addiction has lagged
behind research on other drugs of abuse.

The TRAC, the first such program like it in the nation, will be directed by
Ronald See, Ph.D., of MUSC's Department of Neurosciences. Co-investigators
include Peter Kalivas, Ph.D., chairman of the department of Neurosciences,
and Robert Malcolm, M.D., and Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D., of MUSC's
Department of Psychiatry.

The TRAC will be funded by a $3-million NIH grant over the next four years.
During this time, the investigators will develop integrated,
multidisciplinary teams to explore the neural pathways, cognitive and
behavioral dysfunctions, and potential treatments for methamphetamine
addiction.

The TRAC will employ an animal model of relapse in conjunction with a
clinical laboratory and brain imaging center in an innovative collaboration
designed to directly test hypotheses derived from the animal model in human
subjects. In turn, information derived from methamphetamine-dependent
subjects in the clinical laboratory will inform and guide new directions in
the animal model.

Importantly, neurobiological information gained from the projects will be
used to develop novel therapies that will be effective in treating
methamphetamine addiction and reducing the individual and public health
consequences of this devastating illness.

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About MUSC
Founded in 1824 in Charleston, The Medical University of South Carolina is
the oldest medical school in the south. MUSC continues the tradition of
excellence in education, research, and patient care. MUSC is home to over
3,000 students and residents, as well as nearly 10,000 employees, including
1,300 faculty members. As the largest non-federal employer in Charleston,
the University and its affiliates have collective budgets in excess of $1.3
billion per year. MUSC operates a 600 bed medical center, which includes a
nationally recognized Children's Hospital and a leading Institute of
Psychiatry.

For further information please visit:
MUSC's Department of Neurosciences

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medi...=54364&nfid=nl

$3 Million To Fund MUSC Methamphetamine Study

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the Medical University
of South Carolina (MUSC) a $3 million grant for the nation's first
Translational Research in Addiction Center (TRAC), which will focus on the
clinical neurobiology of methamphetamine dependence. ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - A mystery substance that caused some euro banknotes
in Germany to fall to pieces may be linked to the party drug crystal
speed, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday, quoting regional
police.

Users of crystal speed inhale it through the nose using rolled-up
banknotes and chemists think impurities such as sulphates, mingled with
sweat, could have created an acid that ate away at the notes, the
magazine quoted police as saying.

Around 1,500 banknotes worth between 5 euros and 100 euros (3.40-67.65
pounds) crumbled shortly after being withdrawn from cash machines, the
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According to European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet,
no other countries had reported the problem, and the crumbling notes
were just a tiny fraction of the 5 billion euros worth in circulation
in Germany.


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