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pointer to: “Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.” with details on the difficulties in developing meds to treat mental illness. One choice quote, “Ironically, Big Pharma’s attempt to dominate the central nervous system has ended up revealing how powerful the brain really is.”
A post related to genetics of placebo response here.
Nice to see Tor made his way into this article. Though when they used to talk about the pain stuff at lab meeting it seemed a bit cruel…