The Hunt Is On for Biological Signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Nationwide team will work to find biomarkers that could improve diagnosis and treatment.
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Susan Young
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I’m the biomedicine editor for MIT Technology Review. I look for stories where technology stands to improve human health or advance our understanding of the human condition.
I joined MIT Technology Review in March 2012 after a brief stint in the Washington, D.C., news bureau of the scientific journal Nature. Before I ventured to the East Coast, I spent several years in the San Francisco Bay Area as a doctoral student in molecular biology and one whirlwind year in science-writing boot camp in Santa Cruz.
In California, I wrote for the Stanford University press offices, the Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum, and the Salinas Californian newspaper. I grew up in a small town in eastern Texas, surrounded by bird song, rolling cattle fields, and lanky pine trees. When I’m not exploring health tech, you will probably find me cooking or giggling over an exceptional LOLcat.
Susan Young's Stories
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A New Setback for Alzheimer's Drugs
A compound that attacks amyloid plaques fails to help patients, raising questions about similar therapeutics.
Personal Genetics Company Seeks Regulatory Approval
The FDA is unlikely to rule out personal genetics tests, but it may require that physicians get more involved.
Evidence Grows for Existence of Cancer Stem Cells
They could be the cause of cancer relapse—but may also offer new approaches to treatment.
Cancer Genomes Let Drugmakers Get Personal
One startup, H3 Biomedicines, uses genome data to design drugs aimed at small groups of patients.
Scientists Control Monkeys' Brains with Light
The new study, the first to demonstrate optogenetics in primate behavior, inches the technology closer to the clinic.
Human Stem Cells Found to Restore Memory
StemCells Inc. hopes a clinical trial of its proprietary stem cells in rodents will lead to a clinical trial with Alzheimer's patients.
Study Suggests Alzheimer's Disease Can Be Stabilized
In a small trial, patients given an existing drug showed no cognitive decline over three years.
Gene-Silencing Technique Targets Scarring
A biotech company founded by Craig Mello, codiscoverer of RNAi, brings its first self-delivering interfering RNA to clinical trial.
T-cell Vaccines Could Treat Elusive Diseases
A biotech company believes it can create the first effective T-cell vaccines. If it is right, it would redefine infectious medicine.
