Academia
As 2018 comes to a close, analysts, journalists, investors and industry-watchers are studying their crystal balls to see what trends to watch in the upcoming year. Here are 7 trends most likely to be hitting the news cycle.
Professor Robert K. Ernst, PhD, of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) has been awarded a five-year, $6.4 million contract from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop and test new adjuvants for use in future vaccines. An adjuvant is added to a vaccine to, as NIAID notes, “enhance its ability to induce protection against infection.”
Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have discovered new changes occurring in the human brain in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Maintaining a high negative pressure in airborne infection isolation rooms of hospitals (over -10 Pa) and in renovation sites (over -5 Pa) effectively limits the dispersion of airborne contaminants and dust, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
Rudy Tanzi, Chair of the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Leadership Group and the Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard University and at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Rob Fried, CEO of ChromaDex, took time to speak with BioSpace about the current understanding of Alzheimer’s and some interesting approaches to drug development.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
Boys with good motor skills are better problem-solvers than their less skilful peers, a new study from Finland shows. In contrast to previous studies, the researchers found no association between aerobic fitness or overweight and obesity with cognitive function in boys.
In an in-depth investigation, STAT reported on behind-the-scenes activities at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong, where He made his announcement.
In writing literally hundreds of stories this year, two BioSpace writers, Alex Keown and Mark Terry, found certain stories particularly intriguing or impactful. Some of those were such big topics that they were covered over a series of stories. Looking back at 2018, here are their Top 10.
Because many types of prostate cancer are very slow growing and generally diagnosed in older men, so-called “watchful waiting” is often the prescribed treatment plan. Now researchers are saying this may not be the best way.
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