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HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Madeline Drexler |
Mark Bear: Charting New Waters Bear has applied his discoveries in brain plasticity to understanding fragile X syndrome, an inherited form of mental impairment. |
Wired February 25, 2008 David Wolman |
The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know The language of autism. |
Wired December 2001 Steve Silberman |
The Geek Syndrome Autism -- and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome -- is surging among the children of Silicon Valley. Are math-and-tech genes to blame? |
Salon.com March 9, 2000 Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. |
Kids on drugs A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children. |
Wired September 2001 Sara Solovitch |
The Citizen Scientists United by the Net and emboldened by their numbers, parents of desperately ill children are funneling millions into research, building vast genetic databases, and rewriting the rules of the medical industry.... |
Chemistry World September 13, 2012 Ian Le Guillou |
Hope for autism treatments Two reports in Science over the past week point the way to potential treatments for some forms of autism. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2002 Prater & Zylstra |
Autism: A Medical Primer Autistic disorder, a pervasive developmental disorder resulting in social, language, or sensorimotor deficits, occurs in approximately seven of 10,000 persons. Early detection and intervention significantly improve outcome. |
Salon.com April 13, 1999 Arthur Allen |
Heal thyself.com Heal thyself.com: As wired patients go online for medical help, the question is: Can a little knowledge be a dangerous thing? |
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Capell & Arndt |
Drugs Get Smart Future medicines will more effectively target what ails you by tailoring treatment to your specific genetic profile. Personalized medicine will also help prevent another Vioxx. |
Wired December 2001 Oliver Morton |
Think Different? Autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen on "mindblind" engineers, hidden pictures, and a future designed for people with Asperger's... |
CIO October 15, 2001 Stephanie Overby |
Drug Companies on speed The marriage of IT and medical research may be just what traditional pharmaceutical companies need to survive in an increasingly competitive field. Learn how IT is bringing the pharmaceutical industry into the information age... |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2010 Brian Orelli |
How to Make Billions of Dollars Without Really Trying Lackluster Alzheimer's drugs have been doing it for years. |
Reason October 2005 Maia Szalavitz |
In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so. |
Investment Advisor December 2005 Greg B. Scott |
Buying The Future Prudent investing in biotechnology can offer great returns for clients. It's also the wave of the future. Armed with a basic understanding of the dynamics of the industry and the valuation inflection points, intelligent investors can make significant returns. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Nicole Kresge |
Protein Precision in the Brain with CSF Two causes of autism arise from opposite cellular mechanisms. Too much or too little protein production at the synapse between neurons can cause autism and intellectual disability. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2002 |
What You Should Know About Autism What is autism?... How can I tell if my child is autistic?... How is autism treated?... Where can I get more information?... |
AskMen.com |
Can You Recover From Autism? Skeptics question the phenomenon, but a small, provocative study suggests that at least 10 percent of children with autism overcome the disorder by age 9. |
Salon.com August 2, 2000 Lesli Mitchell |
Secrets and lies Is the astonishing rise in autism a medical mystery or a pharmaceutical shame? |
AskMen.com Richard Stevens |
Participating In Clinical Trials Check out what participating in clinical trials involves and how you can join a study. You may even make some cash in the process. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Don't Let Dummy Pills Make You a Dummy Investor Instead of being scared that the sugar pill will perform better than expected, pharma investors should factor it in and require more information before investing in companies with drugs that may be affected by it.. |
Chemistry World April 2008 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the Pipeline The recent row over antidepressants reminds us how little we know about the brain. |
Managed Care June 2004 |
Use of Attention-Deficit Medications Surges 369 Percent in Children Under 5 ADHD medication spending for pediatric patients outpaces antibiotics, allergy, and asthma treatments. |
The Motley Fool March 1, 2007 Brian Lawler |
Know Your Drug Stock ABCs: Part 2 Investing in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries can be difficult. Here are terms investors should know to better understand how the clinical trial process involved with bringing a drug to market works. |
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Catherine Arnst |
The Waning of the Blockbuster Drug What's promising now are drugs that target niche diseases. That means painful restructuring ahead for Big Pharma |
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 John Carey |
Drug Ads Need Stronger Medicine New FDA guidelines may not go far enough in making sure pharmaceutical ads are used appropriately. |
Popular Mechanics February 11, 2010 Adam Hadhazy |
The Truth About 9 Anti-Vaccine Studies Led by celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy, the anti-vaccine movement continues to vehemently oppose mainstream science's overwhelming consensus that vaccines do not cause developmental disorders. |
Wired March 23, 2009 Jonah Lehrer |
Scientists Map the Brain, Gene by Gene I'm in the dissection room of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, and the scientist next to me is in a hurry. |
Bio-IT World August 13, 2003 John Rhodes |
Beyond the Blockbuster Genomics and big hits are not mutually exclusive, writes Deloitte & Touche's life sciences expert. |
BusinessWeek December 11, 2006 Michael Arndt |
Kills Pain, Cures Rabies, And Grows Hair The prescription drug market is one part Big Brother and one part Wild West. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
The Pipeline to Biotech Success Looking at drug R&D is the best way to begin assessing biotech companies as possible investment opportunities. |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 Brian Orelli |
The Side Effects of Competition In the pharmaceutical business, it's often the competitors that determine how bad the side effects can be. |
Wired December 2003 Steve Silberman |
The Key to Genius Autistic savants are born with miswired neurons - and extraordinary gifts. The breakthrough science behind our new understanding of the brain |
The Motley Fool May 16, 2007 Mike Havrilla |
Nastech Nose Potential The small biotech reports the achievement of positive results for carbetocin nasal spray for the treatment of autism symptoms along with the completion of a $41 million stock offering in January. |
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Amy Barrett |
When Medicine And Money Don't Mix Do drugmakers have too much control over lab data? |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Brian Orelli |
Clinical Data Gets Personal Clinical Data's lead compound Vilazodone posts strong phase 3 results. The company is searching for common genetic markers among patients who responded positively to the drug. |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2006 Brian Lawler |
The Commandments of Biotech Investing, Part 2 It's a complex field, but it's not impossible for investors to master. The more in-depth your research of a potential biotech investment, and the more you remember to follow these commandments, the better your potential for success will be when investing in this fascinating field. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 Philip E. Ross |
When Engineers' Genes Collide Could modern patterns of marriage be concentrating the genes that predispose people to autism? |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Doesn't Like Reruns The company drops two drugs that had made it as far as phase 3 trials. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
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Wired March 2006 Jennifer Kahn |
A Nation of Guinea Pigs There's a new outsourcing boom in South Asia - and a billion people are jockeying for the jobs. How India became the global hot spot for drug trials. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 30, 2007 Louis A. Morris |
Safety Net The new Culture of Drug Safety means embracing the benefit of no doubt about a product's pluses and its minuses. Pharma must learn how patients and prescribers weigh risks and how to spread the word about the advantages. |
The Motley Fool September 5, 2007 Billy Fisher |
Lilly's Pipeline Continues to Produce Another schizophrenia drug from the company shows promise in a clinical trial, prompting the company to plan additional trials. This is the latest good news in what has been a good year for Lilly. |
Salon.com April 13, 2000 Arthur Allen |
Inoculated into oblivion When families hit the Capitol last week, they demanded answers about the source of their children's autism. |
Reason April 2001 Ronald Bailey |
Goddamn the Pusher Man Why does everybody seem to hate the pharmaceutical industry? |
The Motley Fool April 24, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Great Drugs Not Living Up to Their Potential How well a drug works is not the most important thing to consider when investing. Drugs that work don't always become blockbusters. |
Salon.com August 2, 2000 Arthur Allen |
A recipe for disaster While nobody knows the origin of autism, many researchers worry that linking it to childhood vaccines could be a very dangerous theory. |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Brian Orelli |
And You Thought Biotech Was High-Risk, High-Reward Large clinical trials make cardiovascular drugs risky, but the rewards are there, too. |
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 |
Putting the FDA Out Front Deputy Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock explains how the agency has led the drive for personalized medicine. |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2004 Brian Gorman |
Forest Labs Faces Skeptics Its star drug Namenda, a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease, is taking heat from doctors. |