Allison Whitten, PhD
Allison Whitten earned her PhD from Vanderbilt University in 2018 and continued her scientific training at Vanderbilt as a National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Postdoctoral Fellow. Her PhD and postdoctoral studies investigated the neurobiological causes of language impairments in neurological disorders. In 2020, she was awarded an AAAS Mass Media Fellowship to write for Discover Magazine. Her work has also appeared in WIRED, Quanta Magazine, Ars Technica, and more.
Articles by Allison Whitten, PhD
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The FDA announced interest in advancing drug repurposing programs across a wide variety of conditions, though challenges remain.
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Researchers developed a highly tolerable oral antiviral against orthoparamyxoviruses like measles and human parainfluenza virus types 1 and 3.
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Using an unbiased molecular screen, researchers found a new gene that could be targeted to treat fragile X syndrome.
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It’s long been recognized that obesity in midlife significantly raises the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. A new study shows the biological mechanisms that contribute to pathogenesis.
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Eli Lilly’s oral orforglipron and Novo Nordisk’s higher-dose WeGovy could be approved on an extremely accelerated timeline.
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They’re approved by the FDA and Medicare and inching closer to widespread adoption nationally. But how good are they at detecting colorectal cancer?
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Novo Nordisk’s Phase 3 trials revealed that oral semaglutide failed to slow the progression of disease.
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While amyloid plaques form first, new work suggests targeting tau tangles that spread through the brain could also help the fight against this devastating disease.
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Scientists created a novel platform that uses the advantages of both bacteria and viruses to attack tumors.
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New vaccines and antiviral injections that could offer significantly better and broader protection against the flu are now in clinical trials.
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For the first time, researchers observed new conformational states between opioid drugs binding to mu opioid receptors — findings that drug developers can use to design safer opioid drugs.
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With so many cancer patients not responding to these immunotherapies, researchers are looking for new ways to boost their efficacy.
