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August 20, 2012
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Neuroscientists Find Brain Stem Cells that May Be Responsible for Higher Functions, Bigger Brains
Study Shows Two-Drug Combination Has Potential to Fight Cocaine Addiction
Clinical Trials Start for Stroke Drug Developed by Scripps Research Institute, USC, and ZZ Biotech
Scientist Awarded $1.9 Million to Study Food Intake and Metabolism
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Neuroscientists Find Brain Stem Cells that May Be Responsible for Higher Functions, Bigger Brains
The finding from the Mueller lab paves the way for scientists to produce these neurons in culture—a first step in developing better treatments for cognitive disorders such as schizophrenia and autism.
Study Shows Two-Drug Combination Has Potential to Fight Cocaine Addiction
Work from the Koob lab shows a fine-tuned combination of two existing pharmaceutical drugs made laboratory rats less likely to take cocaine compulsively.
Clinical Trials Start for Stroke Drug Developed by Scripps Research Institute, USC, and ZZ Biotech
The experimental drug, developed in part by Professor John Griffin’s lab, may extend the window for effective stroke treatment.
Scientist Awarded $1.9 Million to Study Food Intake and Metabolism
The NIH grant to Associate Professor Andrew Butler will fund a study on the pathways that regulate the timing of our desire for food throughout the day.
- Scientists Identify a Critical Tumor Suppressor for Cancer
- New Technique Reveals Cross-Talk Between Two Essential Cellular Processes
- Team Shows Potent New Compound Virtually Eliminates HIV in Cell Culture
- Team Wins $77 Million to Develop AIDS Vaccine Center
- Scientists Find Easier Way to Make New Drug Compounds
- Team Develops Alternative to Gene Therapy
- Scientists Show Lack of Single Protein Results in Persistent Viral Infection
- Team Identifies New Molecules Important for Vision and Brain Function
- Researchers Find Long-Sought Anti-HIV Compound
- Study Suggests Expanding the Genetic Alphabet May Be Easier than Previously Thought
- Scripps Research and Bristol-Myers Squibb Enter into Five-Year Collaboration
- Study reveals how the world’s first drug for amyloid disease works
- Esther B. O’Keeffe Foundation gives $2 million to Scripps Research
- Scripps Research Celebrates 20th Commencement
- Team Awarded $8.4 Million to Develop New Anti-Smoking Treatments
- Team Identifies Neurotransmitters that Lead to Forgetting
- Scientists Show How a Gene Duplication Helped our Brains Become ‘Human’
- Team Finds Anticonvulsant Drug Helps Marijuana Smokers Kick the Habit
- Researchers Find Structure of a Key ‘Gene Silencer’ Protein