therapeutic

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No vaccine or therapeutic treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola responsible for the latest outbreak of the disease, which has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the past half century.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Kennedy has a real talent for taking reactionary, often sadistic ideas and reframing them to sound compassionate and therapeutic.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

The approval expands AstraZeneca’s cardiovascular, renal and metabolism portfolio shortly after diabetes drug Farxiga—its biggest product in that therapeutic area and the bestselling medicine in the company’s history—went off patent in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The work could lead to a more efficient and environmentally friendly approach for discovering serotonin-targeting drugs that provide some of the therapeutic effects linked to psychedelics without dramatically altering perception.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Here they meandered in their tiny sailboats, tacking and coming about; they painted, hoed, swept, and planted when the mood for therapeutic work struck them, and lolled on the beach when they felt like it.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson