Blood-Based Biomarkers: New Outlooks for Neurological Disorders
Ultra-sensitive biomarkers and immunoassays help researchers investigate neurological health and disease, leading to new therapeutics and diagnostics. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - October 26, 2023 Category: Science Tags: Sponsored eBooks Source Type: news
UCLA ’s Shelley Taylor awarded National Medal of Science at the White House
Key takeawaysTaylor, a renowned psychologist and expert on adversity, helped found the fields of social cognition and health psychology.A faculty member since 1979, she is UCLA ’s 12th Medal of Science winner, following Internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock in 2007.Today was the first time the medal has been presented since 2016.President Joe Biden this morning presented UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Psychology Shelley Taylor with the prestigious National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony. Established by Congress in 1959 and administered by the National Science Foundation, the medal is the...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 24, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
David says ketamine was a ‘lifesaver’ for his depression. So why are many in Australia missing out?
A lack of commercial incentives to get the drug approved for treatment-resistant depression means people cannot afford itFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet ourmorning and afternoon news emails,free app ordaily news podcastAfter being abused as a child, David spent decades searching for a treatment for his depression and anxiety. Like many people with treatment-resistant depression, he was cycled by psychiatrists through a variety of drugs and therapies, but David – who asked for only his first name to be used – said he remained “debilitated”.Then in October 2021, at age 64, he began a fortnig...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Natasha May Tags: Health Australia news Pharmaceuticals industry Drugs Depression Mental health Medical research Neuroscience Source Type: news
Butterfly Network enters agreement with Forest Neurotech
Butterfly Network and Forest Neurotech have entered into a five-year co-development agreement that will see the two develop an ultrasound-on-chip method for minimally invasive brain imaging and stimulation.The agreement includes $20 million to be paid to Butterfly for annual licensing, chip purchases, services, and milestone payments, of which $3.5 million was received on signing. Additional revenue is anticipated for every unit sold upon commercialization, Butterfly said. Forest Neurotech is the latest focused research organization to be created as part of Convergent Research, an incubator for ambitious scientific nonprof...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 24, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Restraining neuroinflammation in Alzheimer ’s disease | Science Signaling
CD8+ T cells recruited to the brain in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease limit disease pathology. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - October 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Prominent journal editor fired for endorsing satirical article about Israel-Hamas conflict
Michael Eisen, editor-in-chief of the prominent open access journal
eLife
and a longtime critic of traditional journals, says he is losing that job for publicly endorsing a satirical article that criticized people dying in Gaza for not condemning the recent attacks on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas.
“I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of @eLife for retweeting a @TheOnion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians,” Eisen tweeted today.
The furor began on 13 October when Eisen, a geneticist at the University of California, Berkel...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Long COVID Research Is In Its ‘ Most Hopeful ’ Phase Yet
A phenomenal amount of research on Long COVID—the name for chronic symptoms following a case of COVID-19—has been published over the past three years. But scientific advances have yet to bring relief to people who are already sick, a group estimated to include about 5% of U.S. adults but hard to precisely quantify due to the difficulty of diagnosing people correctly.
Researchers are optimistic that breakthroughs are coming. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched multiple clinical trials focused on potential therapies, and several recent studies have pointed to biomarkers that may help doct...
Source: TIME: Health - October 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
NBA ’s Kevin Love and UCLA’s Michelle Craske: Teamed up for mental health
NBA star Kevin Love has had many teammates on the basketball court, including his fellow Bruins, the Cleveland Cavaliers and now, of course, the Miami Heat. But one of his all-time favorites may just be his teammate in destigmatizing anxiety and depression: Michelle Craske, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences.In fact, Love is proud that the scientist he fondly calls “Badass Dr. Craske” was named the inaugural holder ofthe Kevin Love Fund Centennial Chairat UCLA— and has completed her first year in the role.“I cannot imagine a better fit. Not only is Michelle Crask...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Myopia, allergies, sex: some things improve the older you get, say experts
While Adrian Edmondson has thrown away his glasses, studies show other ways older generations mature like a fine wineOne benefit of ageing, according to the actor Adrian Edmondson, 66, is that he has been able to ditch the spectacles he has worn since the age of eight. Age, it seems, has compensated for a myopic youth.“The short-sightedness I had can be seen, if you like, on an increasing graph over time. But as I got this ancient, the long-sightedness of old age has been creeping up from the opposite direction,” he told theMailOnline on Wednesday.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Davies Tags: Ageing UK news Health Neuroscience Society Biology Older people Source Type: news
Valerie Cowie obituary
My friend and colleague Valerie Cowie, who has died aged 99, was a pioneer in psychiatric genetics and the psychiatry of learning disability, and the only person I ever knew whose clinical and scientific training included both cytogenetics and psychoanalysis.As a junior doctor at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in the late 1940s, Valerie was one of the first to carry out dietary treatment of the genetic disorder phenylketonuria, showing that this could prevent the development of intellectual disability. She subsequently trained in psychiatry at the Maudsley hospital in London from 1952 until 1954, where she came under the mentors...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Peter McGuffin Tags: Psychiatry Genetics Scotland Source Type: news
There ’ s Almost No Research on the Health Impact of Plastic Chemicals in the Global South
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network.
Some 13,000 chemicals are associated with plastic production, of which only 7,000 or so have been investigated for their health and environmental impacts. Nearly half of those studied have elements deemed hazardous to human health, but the research—spanning 50 years, multiple languages, thousands of publications, and an alphabet soup’s worth of acronyms, synonyms, and chemical compounds—is difficult to navigate. Yet doing so has become increasingly important as plastic production ramps up, along with its po...
Source: TIME: Health - October 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche reports good sales growth despite decline in demand for COVID-19 products
Basel, 19 October 2023Groupsales grow by 1%1at constant exchange rates (CER) in the first nine months, showing a strong increase of 7% in the third quarterExcluding COVID-19 products,Group salesincrease by 9%Pharmaceuticals Division sales grow by 9%, driven by continued high demand for newer medicinesDiagnostics Division ’s base businessincreases by 7%;overall divisional sales are down 18% due to a surge in demand for COVID-19 tests in 2022Highlightsin the third quarter of 2023:EU approval ofEvrysdifor babies under two months old with spinal muscular atrophyFirst approval of subcutaneous form of cancer immunotherapyTecen...
Source: Roche Media News - October 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche reports good sales growth despite decline in demand for COVID-19 products
Groupsales grow by 1%1at constant exchange rates (CER) in the first nine months, showing a strong increase of 7% in the third quarterExcluding COVID-19 products,Group salesincrease by 9%Pharmaceuticals Division sales grow by 9%, driven by continued high demand for newer medicinesDiagnostics Division ’s base businessincreases by 7%;overall divisional sales are down 18% due to a surge in demand for COVID-19 tests in 2022Highlightsin the third quarter of 2023:EU approval ofEvrysdifor babies under two months old with spinal muscular atrophyFirst approval of subcutaneous form of cancer immunotherapyTecentriqPositive phase III...
Source: Roche Investor Update - October 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Could AI help diagnose schizophrenia?
Madeleine Finlay meets neuroscientist and psychiatrist Matthew Nour, whose research looks at how artificial intelligence could help doctors and scientists bring precision to diagnosis of psychiatric conditions. He describes his latest study looking at patients with schizophrenia, and explains how he thinks large language models such as ChatGPT could one day be used in the clinicContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Madeleine Finlay, produced by Joshan Chana, with sound design by Tony Onuchukwu. The executive producer is Ellie Bury Tags: Science Psychiatry Artificial intelligence (AI) Schizophrenia Mental health Neuroscience Society Technology Source Type: news
Robert Sapolsky Doesn ’t Believe in Free Will. (But Feel Free to Disagree.)
Shedding the concept “completely strikes at our sense of identity and autonomy,” the Stanford biologist and neurologist argues. It might also be liberating. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hope Reese Tags: Brain Biology and Biochemistry Conversation Sapolsky, Robert M your-feed-science your-feed-health Source Type: news
