July/August 2023- Volume 19, Issue 7
In this Issue
Editor's Focus
Oral vaccines: from mouth to mucosal immunity
Oral vaccines: from mouth to mucosal immunity
Oral vaccines stop pathogens in their tracks before they get a chance to cause disease.
Neonatal drug development comes out of the Dark Ages
Neonatal drug development comes out of the Dark Ages
Left out of clinical trials for years, preterm infants have very few drugs developed just for them. Regulators, industry, and neonatologists plan to fix that.
Next-generation peanut allergy therapies
Next-generation peanut allergy therapies
With childhood peanut allergies on the rise, scientists itch to find ways to prevent deadly reactions to this ubiquitous food.
Shadowing SARS-CoV-2 infections through mucus and cilia
Shadowing SARS-CoV-2 infections through mucus and cilia
Researchers discovered how SARS-CoV-2 invades and spreads through nasal epithelial cells, identifying potential new drug targets to prevent transmission.
Editors Insight
What the mifepristone fight means for drug development
What the mifepristone fight means for drug development
A recent court case targeting the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory authority sets a worrying precedent for the future of drug development.
Precision Medicine
A better way to build a breast
A better way to build a breast
As an alternative to reconstructive surgery, a degradable implant may offer a new way for the body to reconstruct a breast after mastectomy.
Adaptive brain stimulation administers automated on-demand therapy
Adaptive brain stimulation administers automated on-demand therapy
A new form of brain stimulation treatment that responds to a patient’s brain activity could be life changing for people with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Developing psychiatric drugs with precision focus
Developing psychiatric drugs with precision focus
Amit Etkin embraces the diverse underpinnings of depression and other psychiatric disorders and pairs patients with drugs based on their unique biology.
Infectious Disease
Managing menstrual toxic shock syndrome
Managing menstrual toxic shock syndrome
Menstrual toxic shock syndrome remains a life-threatening disease, so researchers are exploring safer tampon designs, toxin neutralization, and vaccination.
Diagnostics
Detecting disease with smartphone images
Detecting disease with smartphone images
To dismantle healthcare barriers in low-resource areas, researchers measure the color signatures of jaundice and anemia using a device that’s in everyone’s pocket.
Blood tests for chronic fatigue syndrome
Blood tests for chronic fatigue syndrome
People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome can wait years for diagnoses; biomolecular tests are finally in development.
