Heroin vaccine ready for human testing, researchers say

A heroin-blocking vaccine has proven its effectiveness in rats and is ready for human clinical trials, say scientists at The Scripps Research Institute. Even after being put through withdrawal and then given access to heroin again, the vaccinated rats don’t seek it out.
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Researchers find high-fructose corn syrup may be tied to worldwide collapse of bee colonies.

A team of entomologists from the University of Illinois has found a possible link between the practice of feeding commercial honeybees high-fructose corn syrup and the collapse of honeybee colonies around the world. The team outlines their research and findings in a paper they’ve had published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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