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Personalized diet intervention in Thai ageing populations
Professor Apichart Vanavichit a Rice Genomic Breeding Expert at the Rice Science Center looks at diet intervention and therapy for the ageing population of Thailand to prevent disease.
Peroxisomes, lipids, and neurodegeneration
Prof. Michael Schrader at the University of Exeter looks to understand the role of peroxisomes in human health and disease.
Can we produce new medicines from microalgae?
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammation in the digestive tract. Currently no effective treatment exists, something that the researchers of the EU-funded Algae4IBD project want to change with the help of microalgae.
Fostering nonhuman primate (NHP) brain research without animal sacrifice
The MacBrain Resource Center (MBRC) at Yale University School of Medicine is positioning itself at the forefront of innovative ways to provide cost-effective means for scientists to conduct de novo nonhuman primate brain research with extant materials.
Paediatric autism communication therapy improved long-term child outcomes
Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy is currently the only scientifically evidenced early social communication intervention to demonstrate long-term improved child social communication outcomes into middle...
Beyond amyloid: What’s next for Alzheimers disease therapeutics?
Bradlee Heckmann, PhD, from USF Health Neuroscience Institute, Byrd Alzheimer’s Center & Asha Therapeutics, in this discussion goes beyond amyloid, asking what’s next for Alzheimer’s Disease therapeutics.
Precision medicine: Sensorineural hearing loss treatment
Aarno Dietz, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at Kuopio University Hospital, turns the spotlight on hospital precision medicine, focusing on the treatment of sensorineural hearing loss.
Visualizing the anti-inflammatory cannabinoid Type-2 receptor
Medicinal chemists describe how small molecule probes allow for the detection of CB2R, and thereby enable the discovery of novel anti-inflammatory treatments.
Solutions for healthy ageing: how technology can make a difference
Professor Alex Mihailidis, Scientific Director and CEO of AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence, looks to improve wellbeing and healthy ageing in older people through innovative technology.
Ensuring healthier pets through improved nutrient precision in pet foods
Improved nutrient precision in pet foods is critical to pets, people & planet; Dennis E. Jewell, PhD from Kansas State University & Matthew I. Jackson, PhD from Hill’s Pet Nutrition, explain.
RR-TB treatments, testing bedaquiline and injectable kanamycin
Here, Professor Andre Nunn from Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, explores tuberculosis with a focus on RR-TB treatments (rifampicin-resistant) and their drug combinations.
Psychedelic therapies are returning to psychiatry
Professor Erika Dyck, Canada Research Chair in History of Health & Social Justice at the University of Saskatchewan, looks to psychedelic therapies outside the pharmaceutical industry to aid mental illness.
PopART: Universal testing and treatment to stop HIV spread
Here, Professor of Epidemiology & International Health Richard Hayes explores and details the PopART study and other trials of Universal Testing and Treatment, a promising strategy to reduce HIV spread.
Updating services for people with younger onset dementia and their caregivers
Researchers from the Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing analyse the services available for people with younger onset dementia, looking to improve the lives of those affected and their carers.
FMRI neurofeedback: Novel interventions for depression
Kymberly Young, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, discusses neurofeedback as a novel non-invasive intervention for depression.
Understanding amyloid beta and Alzheimer’s disease: the key to helping AD patients
Efforts to prevent or treat Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) by targeting Amyloid beta (Aβ) assemblies should be continued, but the strategies should be altered dramatically.
Workers at risk: How do traumatic jobs affect essential workers?
R. Nicholas Carleton and Gregory S Anderson analyse the workplace stressors and risks of public safety personnel and front-line healthcare workers.
Cool Esthesia airway hygiene: Stop stuffiness, cough and clear phlegm
Cryosim is a molecule that produces sensations of coolness but does not affect tissue temperatures. It can be delivered as a liquid to the surfaces of the nasal cavity and throat with an immediate cooling effect.
Allergic asthma and the legacy of structural racism on the African American urban communities
Allergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by bronchial hyperactivity, disproportionately affecting African Americans.
Great leaps in multiple sclerosis treatment but the holy grail is still ahead
CEO of MS Australia Rohan Greenland highlights the breakthroughs in treating attacks on the brain and spinal cord in multiple sclerosis (MS). But his sights are set firmly on the great unmet needs: to repair damaged nerves, reverse disability, and ultimately, prevent MS.
