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  "id": 11512148,
  "title": "Student explores new treatments for depression, addiction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/student-explores-new-treatments-for-depression-addiction-11512148",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-02T19:52:44.000Z",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/student-explores-new-treatments-for-depression-addiction/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pharmacist and PhD candidate Trust Nwaka at the University of Toledo is researching the interaction of psychedelic drugs with biological targets in order to better understand their therapeutic and adverse effects. His research, which uses photoaffinity labelling and multi-omics approaches, aims to identify drug targets and biological pathways that could explain both the beneficial and unwanted effects of these compounds. Nwaka's work could contribute to the development of treatments for depression, substance use disorders, and other neuropsychiatric conditions.",
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Student explores new treatments for depression, addiction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/student-explores-new-treatments-for-depression-addiction",
        "published": "2026-10-02T19:48:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}