NEW ORLEANS – Lemming myths aside, suicide is one behavior that cannot be modeled in animal studies. But some of the risk factors that increase suicide risk in humans can.
NEW ORLEANS – During her professional life, Barbara Sahakian told the audience on Monday at the 2012 annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, the approach to mental health problems has undergone a "shift from attempts to treat chronic relapsing mental health problems after they occur to an attempt to prevent them . . . or at least detect early and treat effectively."
On Wednesday, the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry once again went for discoveries that would not have been surprising to see honored with Monday's Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It was awarded to Duke University's Robert Lefkowitz and Stanford University's Brian Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors."
From a public health perspective, the response to an influenza pandemic is a race against an emerging virus. And in that race, the virus has several advantages.
Austin-based XBiotech Inc. is launching its first Phase III trial, for its antibody Xilonix (MABp1), after announcing Wednesday that the monoclonal antibody received fast-track designation by the FDA.
According to the March of Dimes charity, 10 percent to 15 percent of all newborns are admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Many of those babies suffer from genetic disorders. In fact, Stephen Kingsmore told reporters at a press conference, at his hospital – Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City – "the leading cause to admission to a neonatal intensive care unit is an illness that is likely to be genetic."
The transcription factor c-Myc is an oncoprotein; that much has long been clear. The c-myc gene is a known or suspected driver mutation in many cancer types.
