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The Ozempic Era

August 29, 2024

How an obscure drug became a household name, revolutionizing an industry in the process.

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MDMA Therapy Update

August 23, 2024

As an update to the recent FDA decision on MDMA-assisted therapy, new psychedelic treatments may require a different approach that reinforces ethical science.

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MDMA for PTSD

August 13, 2024

The FDA will decide if the psychedelic drug MDMA will be the first newly approved treatment for PTSD in over two decades.

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NIH Reform

July 15, 2024

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers recently released a detailed framework for substantial reform of the National Institutes of Health.

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Margins to Mainstream

July 11, 2024

Longstanding gender inequalities have resulted in a lack of biomedical research focused on women’s health.

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Limiting Psychedelic Research

June 12, 2024

Repeating past mistakes of the War on Drugs could limit neuroscience research on potential therapeutics, leaving patients without hope.

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Brain Positive Economics

May 13, 2024

Harris Eyre, M.D., Ph.D. gave the keynote address at the Lab to Leaders event where he discussed his most recent findings on brain capital.

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Gut Feelings

April 15, 2024

The gut-brain axis is an historic topic of research that explains the connection between mental and gastrointestinal disorders.

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Personalized Cancer Treatments

April 09, 2024

Advances in immunotherapy are increasing the quality of life and changing the prognoses for terminal cancer patients.

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