Obituary: S. Charles Schulz, MD, 1946-2017
12 Oct 2017
Chuck Schulz, a great friend to SRF, died last week. ...
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Stanley Symposium 2017: Genes, Primates, and Brains in Vats
9 Oct 2017
The two-day biennial symposium hosted by the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute began on September 25....
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Researchers have worked out a technique to capture snapshots of the 3' ends of mRNA species in distinct cell populations derived from intact tissue....
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New Technology Catalogues Immune Cells in Brain
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Using a technique called mass cytometry, researchers have characterized the diverse populations of immune cells in the mouse brain....
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ICOSR 2017: Modeling Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder in a Dish
21 Jun 2017
In a plenary talk, Fred Gage presented new research demonstrating the usefulness of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for modeling schizophrenia....
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A freely available, web-based tool successfully predicts risk for later psychosis among those seeking secondary mental health care in London, using only simple clinical and sociodemographic variables....
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Clozapine and Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics Best at Schizophrenia Relapse Prevention
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In the largest comparative analysis of antipsychotic medications in schizophrenia to date, clozapine and long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics come out on top in terms of relapse prevention,...
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What Makes a Microglia? Tales from the Transcriptome
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Microglia have come under close scrutiny as their role in neurodegenerative disease becomes ever more apparent....
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Massive GWAS Reveals 40 New “Intelligence” Genes
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Genomewide association studies (GWAS) have pinpointed genetic variations associated with various human traits, even complex ones influenced by multiple genes....
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