Is this how antidepressants work, and why they take weeks to kick-in?

Type of work: peer-reviewed/randomised controlled trial/people Credit: (credit: Marc Dingman, Neuroscientifically Challenged (www.neurochallenged.com). Type of work: peer-reviewed/randomised controlled trial/people SSRI antidepressants normally take a few weeks before any showing mental health benefits, but how come it takes...

Scientists upcycle polyesters through new waste-free, scalable process

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new chemical process which upcycles polyesters, including PET in plastic bottles, to morpholine amide, a versatile and valuable building block for synthesizing a...

SUSTAIN Center at UH commemorates five years of combatting AIDS/HIV epidemic in Southern U.S.

The SUSTAIN Wellbeing COMPASS Coordinating Center of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work has made a lasting impact in the fight against the HIV epidemic in the Southern U.S. over the...

How Spatial Biology is Revolutionizing Single Cell Genomics

REGISTER NOW Panelists: Nicholas Banovich, PhDAssociate Professor, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)Director, Center for Single Cell and Spatial Multiomics Rong Fan, PhDProfessor of Biomedical EngineeringYale University Jasmine Plummer, PhDAssociate Member, St....

StockWatch: French Raid Shows Little Effect on Nvidia Price

By Alex Philippidis An analyst and an influential American investor appeared to hold more sway over the price of Nvidia (NVDA) shares over the past week than French authorities investigating the Silicon Valley-based microprocessing giant...

Kyowa Kirin to Acquire Orchard Therapeutics for Up-to-$477.6M

Bobby Gaspar, MD, PhDOrchard Therapeutics co-founder and CEO Kyowa Kirin has agreed to acquire gene therapy developer Orchard Therapeutics for up to $477.6 million, the companies said today, in a deal designed to expand the...

AI-Based Drug Discovery Company Atomwise Sets Its Sights on Inflammatory Disease Market

By Uduak Thomas Atomwise, which has historically used its AI platform to help drug developers identify compounds for their pipelines, is entering a new phase of its journey. This week, it announced the nomination of...

Cambridge University receives $72 million gift for habitat restoration projects across Europe’s land and...

Arcadia has made a major new philanthropic donation to the University of Cambridge, taking its total support for the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme to over $138 million. Credit: Gosia Niemczura Arcadia has made a major...

Biopharma Taps Bioprocessing 4.0, Benefits Start Flowing

By Gareth John Macdonald Bioprocessing 4.0 is a reality. It is part of a broader movement known as Industry 4.0, which is, essentially, the fourth industrial revolution. The idea of the fourth industrial revolution was...

New computational method improves analysis of single-cell transcriptomic data

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have developed a new open-source computational method, dubbed Spectra, which improves the analysis of single-cell transcriptomic data. By guiding data analysis in a unique way, Spectra...