IMAGE: Adam Northcutt is a graduate student in the Division of Biological Sciences at MU. He conducted the research and is lead author of the article. view more Credit: University of Missouri The lamprey, an eel-like primitive vertebrate, is a popular organism for neurobiology studies because it has a relatively simple nervous system. It is of…
New Brunswick, NJ – A proposed ban of menthol combustible tobacco products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will likely be upheld in court, albeit a lengthy legal process, a Rutgers paper found. The paper appears in Public Health Reports. The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act provided the FDA with…
Paul Greengard, an American neuroscientist whose 15-year quest to understand how brain cells communicate provided new insights into psychological diseases and earned him a Nobel Prize, and who used his entire $400,000 award to create an academic prize in memory of the mother he never knew, died on Saturday in Manhattan. He was 93. His…
Following on from a series of similar studies, researchers are once again investigating whether acetaminophen can influence our psychology. This time, the focus is on positive empathy. Could acetaminophen reduce our ability to demonstrate empathy? Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly used drugs globally. It offers quick relief from mild pain and is readily…
PALO ALTO, Calif. — “Success!” read the subject line of the email. The text, in imperfect English, began: “Good News! The women is pregnant, the genome editing success!” The sender was He Jiankui, an ambitious, young Chinese scientist. The recipient was his former academic adviser, Stephen Quake, a star Stanford bioengineer and inventor. “Wow, that’s…
A drug that scientists originally developed to treat depression may have promise for the treatment of opioid withdrawal, researchers say. A new experimental drug may help reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms. Opioid withdrawal is a challenging experience, and although there are medications already on the market that can help curb the symptoms of withdrawal, these drugs…
Amy Raffaella Shugar and Seth Benjamin Weinberg were married April 13 at the Skylark, an events space in New York. Cantor Bruce L. Ruben officiated. The couple work at Columbia Law School — she as an associate director of major gifts, he as an adjunct professor teaching food law and policy. Mrs. Weinberg, 43, graduated…
Jorge García de la Cámara and José Álvarez Pérez are to be married April 14 at the Plenary Meeting Room of Valdes Town Hall in Luarca, Asturias, in Spain. Mayor Simón Guardado Pérez is to perform the ceremony. Mr. de la Cámara, 47, is the open program manager in Barcelona, Spain, at the Barcelona School…
Michelle Cynthia Trone and Thomas Edward Clinch Jr. were married April 13 at Union Station in Washington. Rabbi Baht Weiss officiated. The bride, 30, is a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Washington. She graduated from Emory University and received an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a master’s degree…
Lauren Sara Wiley and Nathan Mark Terrazas were married April 13 at the South Congress Hotel in Austin, Tex. Rabbi Monty Eliasov officiated, with the Rev. Rob Hall, an auxiliary bishop of the Old Catholic Diocese of Uniformed Services, taking part. Mrs. Terrazas, 27, is a speech language pathologist at a private practice in Austin.…