Health Blogs
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Principles for the oversight of synthetic biology to be released by Friends of the Earth
A broad coalition of civil society groups will release a declaration of recommended principles for governing the rapidly emerging field of synthetic biology during a phone briefing for journalists at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The report suggests a way forward for ensuring effective assessment and oversight of the field’s risks to worker and pubic health, [...]
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Mental Health
Mental Health is a complicated issue. On the one hand we have the individuals with difficulty assimilating into daily life and then we have society completely misunderstanding mental health and how it affects everyone. First of all, Mental Health refers to everyone and how we react, adjust, accommodate and deal [...]
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Patient’s own gut cells transformed into insulin factories
New research out of Columbia University suggests that cells in the patient’s intestine could be coaxed into making insulin, circumventing the need for a stem cell transplant. Until now, stem cell transplants have been seen by many researchers as the ideal way to replace cells lost in type I diabetes [...]
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New clinical lab regulations passed in SB 1292
For years, the drug-testing laboratory industry in Florida has been challenged by laboratories that played fast and loose with the rules. SB 1292, passed by House and Senate, converts existing Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) regulations into statute and adds significant enforcement mechanisms and fines related to the [...]
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Scientists Claim Brain Memory Code Cracked
Memory encoding in the brain has remained mysterious despite years of investigation. Neuronal synaptic connection strengths are involved, but synaptic components are short-lived while memories last lifetimes. This suggests synaptic information is encoded and hard-wired at a deeper, finer-grained molecular scale.
In an article in the journal PLoS Computational Biology, [...]
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Scripps Research Institute and OPKO Health Announce Global License Agreement
Scripps Research Institute and OPKO Health have announced a global agreement for the development and commercialization of SR 3306, a novel compound discovered by Scripps Florida scientists that blocks the destruction of brains cells in animal models of Parkinson’s disease.
“This licensing agreement will help insure that the development [...]
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Dawn Johnson from NIH to Scripps Florida
Dawn Johnson
Dawn Johnson, PhD has been named senior director of scientific operations for the Scripps Florida campus.
“As the campus continues to expand as a center of scientific excellence, Dawn brings her experience as a scientist, knowledge of the federal funding process for research, and talents as a manager to [...]
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When the balance of information shifts
Right now your health insurance company has more knowledge and information about your likelihood of getting cancer or suffering a heart attack than you do. They’ve been keeping track of things for a long time, matching health outcomes with demographics.
Now imagine if you had better information then they do. Imagine [...]
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Dr. Ryohei Yasuda Named Max Planck Florida Institute Scientific Director
The Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) announced today that Duke University neuroscientist Ryohei Yasuda, PhD will join the Institute as Scientific Director of the Neuronal Signal Transduction Research Group. Dr. Yasuda will be the third Scientific Director for the Institute, joining CEO David Fitzpatrick, PhD and Nobel laureate Bert Sakmann, [...]
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