NIH-supported milestone will advance understanding of brain processes in larger animals October 2, 2024 • Press Release A scientific team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveiled the first complete map of the neural connections of the common fruit fly brain. The map provides a wiring diagram, known as a connectome, and is…
I love Reformed theology (the doctrines of grace, the five points of Calvinism) the way I love a cherished picture of my wife. If I said, “I love that picture,” would you say to me, “But that’s not your wife. That’s a picture. You shouldn’t love a picture. You should love your wife”? If you…
In John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, we meet a man named “Formalist.” As Bunyan describes elsewhere, Formalist . . . is a man that has lost all but the shell of religion. He is hot, indeed, for his form; and no marvel, for that is his all to contend for. But his form being without the…
Summary: Pharmanovia, in partnership with Lindus Health, announced positive topline results from its open-label RESTORE trial on chloral hydrate for severe insomnia. The trial, which involved 100 adult patients receiving chloral hydrate over 14 days, demonstrated improvements in insomnia severity and quality of life, with benefits persisting for up to four weeks post-treatment. The study…
Summary: At its Investor Day on October 1, Harmony Biosciences presented a pipeline update, highlighting progress in its sleep disorder treatments. New data from the orexin-2 agonist BP1.15205 showed potential best-in-class potency, while long-term extension data for pitolisant in idiopathic hypersomnia demonstrated sustained efficacy, improving patients’ Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores by approximately 9 points. Notably,…