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• n  an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)

• canker

News & Articles

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• U-M researchers: Canker sore drug could be used for weight loss
  The next weight-loss drug could be one already familiar to those with asthma and canker sores, according to researchers at the University of Michigan. Obese mice treated with the drug Amlexanox lost weight and reversed metabolic problems such as...
  July 1, 2013 - AnnArbor.com
• Miracle weight-loss pill? U-M studies canker sore drug that made fat mice skinny
  Ann Arbor, Mich. (Detroit Free Press)-- A drug used to treat canker sores in people has made some fat lab mice skinny. Could this be the pill to help shrink America's waistline?
  July 1, 2013 - WZZM 13 Grand Rapids