Recursion Pharmaceuticals raises $121m to map how disease affects cells | Financial Times Recursion Pharmaceuticals, which uses artificial intelligence to try to discover drugs, has raised $121m in a round led by Baillie Gifford. The Salt Lake City-based company is the latest drug discovery start-up to raise funds in the past year, as investors flock […]
“We are focusing on improving human health by promoting the development and dissemination of genomic methodologies and tools for prediction and prevention of human disease, and for therapeutic intervention. The aim is to improve disease management through lifestyle modulation, improvement in public health, reduction of disease burden, and lowering of treatment cost with more genetic […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal — a blood test to screen people for possible signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. On Monday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, half a dozen research groups gave new results on various experimental tests, including one that seems 88% […]
Both male and female nurses face higher suicide risk than their counterparts in other occupations, according to a study published in Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. Researchers used 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System data to compare characteristics among occupations. • Suicides were significantly higher among the female nurse population at a rate of 11.97 per […]
Nashville-based medication-assisted treatment provider ReVIDA Recovery Centers, which formed this past February, has joined forces with Franklin-based 180 Health Partners to provide additional support services to opioid-exposed expecting mothers at ReVIDA’s seven clinics. Though the partnership, ReVIDA physicians and counselors will work with patients at the company’s facilities — located throughout East Tennessee and southwest […]
Genetically modified plants and viruses form part of “At the Temperature of My Body”, a new exhibition The piece, “Lovesick”, is one of Heather Dewey-Hagborg’s recent experiments in merging science and art. It was made in collaboration with researchers at Integral Molecular, a biotechnology company which specialises in antibody discovery. After the divisiveness of the […]
Does Running Burn Muscle? We know running as an excellent form of cardio — and therefore a great way to burn fat and lose weight! — but its role in building vs. burning Losing muscle mass from running is a possibility, but good news: with the right diet and strength training regimen, it’s avoidable. “If […]
