Hacker News with Generative AI: Drugs

An 'uncensored' dark web AI is offering step-by-step guides on how to make meth (dailydot.com)
An anonymous developer launched an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on the dark web in an effort to provide “uncensored” access to information.

Artificial Intelligence, Dark Web, Drugs, Censorship

8 points by gscott 12 days ago | 2 comments

'Barbarians' May Have Been Inspired by Opium When Attacking Rome, Study Suggests (haaretz.com)
The Romans thought the barbarian monsters on their borders should settle for alcohol, but the drug spoons the Germanic warriors carried into battle suggest they didn't agree

History, Ancient Rome, Drugs, Anthropology

10 points by wslh 17 days ago | 0 comments

Fentanyl Almost Killed Michael Brewer. Now He Wants Snap to Pay (bloomberg.com)
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Fentanyl, Lawsuits, Social Media, Drugs, Health

9 points by petethomas 29 days ago | 6 comments

Promising early data in triple negative breast cancer (statnews.com)
New data suggests researchers may have found one of their most promising candidates yet for the next generation in immunotherapy drugs — bispecific antibodies targeting two key proteins in cancer, PD1 or PD-L1 and VEGF.A small early trial on one such bispecific compound was presented by researchers working with BioNTech at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Tuesday. The bispecific compound, called BNT-327, had positive results in patients with triple negative breast cancer.

Cancer, Immunotherapy, Drugs, Clinical Trials

10 points by doener 38 days ago | 1 comments

Russia's Dead Drop Drug Revolution (globalinitiative.net)
There has been a groundbreaking shift in the global drug trade, pioneered in Russia and now spreading globally.

Russia, Drugs, Global Trade, Crime

57 points by nkko 45 days ago | 33 comments

Weight-loss drug found to shrink muscle in mice, human cells (ualberta.ca)
Trendy weight-loss drugs making headlines for shrinking waistlines may also be shrinking the human heart and other muscles, according to a new University of Alberta study whose authors say should serve as a “cautionary tale” about possible long-term health effects of these drugs.

Health, Science, Medicine, Weight Loss, Drugs

372 points by Eumenes 58 days ago | 445 comments

GLP-1s are among the most important drug breakthroughs (economist.com)
IN THE HISTORY of medicine, a few drugs tower above all others. Humira for rheumatoid arthritis; Prozac for depression; statins to prevent heart disease and strokes. All have helped patients far beyond doctors’ initial expectations and continue to benefit millions of people every day. A new class of drugs is set to join their ranks and has the potential to eclipse them all—GLP-1 receptor agonists.

Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Health, Science, Drugs

58 points by car 80 days ago | 147 comments

Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Getting Much, Much Stronger (wired.com)
Cultivators are turning to genetic sequencing and cellular-manipulation techniques to breed highly potent mushrooms—leaving some unprepared psychonauts in distress.

Psychedelics, Science, Drugs, Genetics

7 points by bookofjoe 98 days ago | 12 comments

On 17th century "cocaine" (resobscura.substack.com)
Earlier this year, amid a sea of bones in the vaulted crypt beneath Milan’s Ca’ Granda hospital, Italian researchers made an intriguing discovery. Analyzing mummified brain tissue from two men who died at the hospital in the seventeenth century, they found evidence of coca use—the earliest ever detected outside of South America.

History, Archaeology, Drugs, Italy

161 points by benbreen 101 days ago | 209 comments

Science Says Everything You Know about Food, Diet and Drugs Is Wrong (newsweek.com)
Science can't provide definitive answers.

Science, Nutrition, Health, Diet, Drugs

3 points by paulpauper 115 days ago | 0 comments

Scientists Discover 17th Century Bones Contained Cocaine (popularmechanics.com)
The surprising discovery reveals Europeans sniffed around much earlier than we thought.

Archaeology, History, Drugs, Cocaine

6 points by gmays 131 days ago | 0 comments

Forensic toxicology backdates the use of coca plant in Europe to the early 1600s (sciencedirect.com)

Forensic Science, History, Drugs, Europe

30 points by benbreen 142 days ago | 5 comments

From Opium to Saffron, the Ancients Knew a Thing or Two About Drugs (thenation.com)