Here is what I am reading today: abandoning the DSM? “In a potentially seismic move, the National Institute of Mental Health – the world’s biggest mental health research funder, has announced only two weeks before the launch of the DSM-5 diagnostic manual that it will be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories”. In Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: autism risks “Senior author Harvey Kliman, M.D., research scientist in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the Yale School of Medicine, and research collaborators at the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis, have found that abnormal placental folds Read more…
My daughter Karla has autism and loves to support causes involved in Autism. In San Luis Obispo, this year marked the 5th event and the turnout was fantastic! To all who participated, Karla and I say “thank you!”
Here is what I am reading today: can we 3d print a liver?? “Chief Technology Officer for the company, Sharon Presnell explained to those at the conference that Organovo’s 3D printing process involves printing out two different types of liver cells—hepatocytes and stellates—along with the linings of blood cells. The Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: where our brain places numbers “Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have determined the precise anatomical coordinates of a brain “hot spot,” measuring only about one-fifth of an inch across, that is preferentially activated when people view the ordinary numerals we Read more…