Opinion | ‘People Will Jump Off a 100-Foot Wall’: What We Heard This Week
“If the wall is 100 feet, people will jump off a 100-foot wall.” — Vishal Bansal, MD, of Scripps Mercy in San Diego, on serious falls at higher border walls that are filling up trauma services. “We need an ‘Operation Warp Speed’ for long COVID, and we shouldn’t settle for anything less.” — Diana Berrent, […]
New technique shows in detail where drug molecules hit their targets in the body
Scientists at Scripps Research have invented a way to image, across different tissues and with higher precision than ever before, where drugs bind to their targets in the body. The new method could become a routine tool in drug development. Described in a paper in Cell on April 27, 2022, the new method, called CATCH, […]
Smartwatches and fitness bands reveal individual physiological responses to COVID-19 vaccine: Scientists find digital biomarkers that could be associated with vaccine-induced immune response
A new digital health study by researchers at Scripps Research shows how data from wearable sensors, such as smartwatches and fitness bands, can track a person’s physiological response to the COVID-19 vaccination. The study, published in npj Digital Medicine, analyzed sensor data on sleep, activity and heart rate from over 5,600 individuals. Among the findings, […]
Newly identified cell type could be the key to restoring damaged salivary glands: Scientists make fundamental advance in understanding salivary gland biology
Scientists at Scripps Research and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research have discovered a special type of cell that resides in salivary glands and is likely crucial for oral health. As the researchers described in Cell Reports on April 12, 2022, the new type of salivary gland cell called “ionocyte” that works to […]
Scientists unveil promising new approach to diabetes prevention: Experimental compound protects obese mice from diabetes-like metabolic changes
A team of scientists from Scripps Research has conducted promising early tests of a new strategy that might one day be used to prevent or treat type 2 diabetes. The scientists, whose results are reported in Nature Communications, tested an experimental compound called IXA4 in obese mice. They showed that the compound activates a natural […]