We use cookies and data to Deliver and maintain Google services Track outages and protect against spam, fraud, and abuse Measure audience engagement and site statistics to understand how our services are used and enhance the quality of those services If you choose to “Accept all,” we will also use cookies and data to Develop […]
Read MoreWhile the Novartis trial was happening, Lustig and others were working on ways to restore hearing in genetic forms of hearing loss. In 2019, Lustig and his collaborators showed that OTOF gene therapy could be used to restore hearing in mice lacking the otoferlin protein. A separate group in Germany published similar findings in 2021, […]
Read MoreMarks says confusion about whether the bill follows a medical model goes all the way back to its inception and included people on the psilocybin advisory board. In March 2022, a psychologist and member of the advisory board, Kimberley Golletz, told Stat News, “We’re saying both things. This is not medical … But this is psilocybin-assisted therapy,” she […]
Read MoreI felt like a thawing glacier. Still chilly, I contacted my colleague, Jo-e Sutton, a certified holistic health practioner. She surprised me with her enthusiasm. “Zoom sessions are the greatest blessings that have come from this dark time.” “Really? How so?” I asked. “It saves so much time,” she replied with gusto, “It used to take […]
Read MoreCurrently, very few heritable diseases have gene therapies that have been approved by the FDA. One therapy, called Zolgensma, treats spinal muscular atrophy in newborns and children up to age two. But halting the disease in childhood may still be too late to avoid lifelong health issues. “When the baby is born, in the most severe […]
Read MoreHer concern is that the dearth of data surrounding the psychotherapy component of psychedelic-assisted therapy results in a lack of best practices, guidelines, and regulation around it. “We won’t know what those should look like until we have a better sense of what’s currently being done, and what works and what doesn’t work,” McGuire says. […]
Read MoreEvie Junior’s life has been defined by pain. He was born with sickle cell disease, which causes red blood cells to be sticky and C-shaped, not smooth and round. These cells are supposed to move freely through blood vessels, carrying oxygen to the body. But in people with this inherited form of anemia, they clump […]
Read MoreIn a new step for Crispr, scientists have used the gene-editing tool to make personalized modifications to cancer patients’ immune cells to supercharge them against their tumors. In a small study published today in the journal Nature, a US team showed that the approach was feasible and safe, but was only successful in a handful […]
Read MoreStress tracking wearables are very much in vogue – but Cove and Apollo Neuro claim to actually reduce stressful feelings. Both use a technique called touch therapy, which uses small vibrations on the skin, to tap into sensory nerves in our skin. In turn, this communicates to the part of our nervous system, activated by […]
Read MoreIn April 2021, a widely anticipated paper in the field of psychedelics dropped. The study, a small trial run at Imperial College London and published in The New England Journal of Medicine, investigated the use of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, to treat depression. Led by Robin Carhart-Harris, who now directs the Neuroscape […]
Read MoreYouTuber Unbox Therapy has shared a hands-on look at the iPhone 14 Pro Max using what he claims is a one-to-one replica created by third-party case makers with access to detailed schematics and dimensions for Apple’s new upcoming flagship smartphone. [embedded content] As with the iPhone 13 Pro lineup, in 2022, we are expecting a […]
Read More
