Vice/ Kaiser Health News

• Doctors and Nurses Addicted to Opioids are Often Barred from the Most Effective Treatment

The Scientist

• New “Prime Editing” Method Makes Only Single-Stranded DNA Cuts

• Cortical Neurons May Consolidate Memories During Slow Wave Sleep
• Scientists to Join Teens in Global Climate Strike
• CAR T Immunotherapy May Find New Use in Treating Cardiac Fibrosis
• Two Genes Conspire in Endometriosis and Cancer to Help Cells Migrate
• In Situ Vaccination- a Cancer Treatment a Decade in the Making
• Memories Can Distort the Brain’s GPS
• Some Viruses May Infect by Inserting Different Portions of Genetic Material
• Tiny, Motorized Pill Delivers Vaccine to Mouse Intestine
• Mutations in One Gene Linked to Two Separate Birth Defects

Cystic Fibrosis News Today (BioNews Services)

• 4-part series on Vertex, from treatment discovery to pricing negotiations
  • Part 1: Stepping Out on the Long Road to ‘Medical History’
  • Part 2: 3 Disease-Modifying Therapies Make Leap from Lab to Patients
  • Part 3: High Hopes for Triple-Combinations and Gene Therapy Possibilities
  • Part 4: Costs Can Unsettle, But Vertex Remains Close to CF Community 

NEO.LIFE

• Make the Hospital Come to You

American Society of Hematology Clinical News

• The Other Opioid Epidemic
• Demystifying the Lab: Genetic Testing for Bleeding Disorders
• International Partnerships Lead to Strides in Pediatric Leukemia in El Salvador
• CMML: A Unique Overlap Syndrome Receiving Increased Attention
• Finding Homes for Orphans (challenges and successes of rare disease drug development)
• Ad Nauseum (Direct to Consumer Pharma Advertising Feature)
• Drawing First Blood: Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks?

MD Magazine

• Federal Government Restrictions on Opioid Treatment Hinder Care
• Migraine More Severe Than Other Chronic Pain, But Treatable With Surgery

Science Magazine

• Study questions animal data underlying many clinical trials
• The 105 questions that could predict PTSD risk
• New therapy could protect diabetic bones

NPR/Kaiser Health News

• Medications Can Help People Stop Abusing Alcohol, But Many Don’t Know

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

• CRISPR Crossing New Barriers

TheAtlantic.com

• When Donated Organs Go To Waste
• The Outcome of My Clinical Trial is a Mystery

Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience

• Distinct Wiring Mode Found in Chandelier Cells
• New Software Automates Brain Imaging (Press Release)
• Scientists Optimize FRET-FLIM to Study Activity of Two Signaling Molecules in a Single Dendritic Spine
• Video Abstract-Synapse formation
• The New SLENDR Technique (Press Release)
• Insight Must Precede Application-Blog
• MPFI’s 2015 Summer Interns-Video
• Dark Rooms- Blog
• Neurons Coming Together-Blog

Boston University News Service

• The First Miracle Worker, Story of Laura Dewey Bridgeman- Video
• Parkinson’s Beyond the Brain
• Decreasing Deadly Desensitization-Reducing Alarm Fatigue
• A Little Boy’s Battle for Birthday Cake- Intestinal Transplantation
• A Visit to the Autopsy Suite
• Brain Imaging Techniques Provide Answers About Vegetative Patients