Lachlan isn't worried about unintentionally using fentanyl, but he's acutely aware of what could happen if he did. And over the last decade, synthetic opioids like fentanyl have become more common across North American drug markets, including being found present in illicit opioids like heroin. Monash Addiction Research Centre deputy director Suzanne Nielsen says Australia's drug supply routes aren't currently …
The genetic mutation introduced into two babies by a Chinese scientist in 2018 may be associated with a 21 per cent higher chance of early death in later life. As the CCR5 gene codes for a protein involved in many body functions, researchers say that there could be many different possible reasons for the risk of early death. Scroll down …