A recent study published in Nature Neuroscience reported that researchers were able to predict chronic pain states from brain activity using machine learning techniques. Their findings provide a new step towards a much-needed improvement in our understanding of what happens in the brain when people experience chronic pain. Neural signatures

Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University published their work in Nature communications which showed that stem cell treatment can be optimised with a certain type of hydrogel. Injecting stem cells using this hydrogel could improve survival and growth of new cells in

This month is Black History Month in the United States. In honour of this, this week’s article celebrates the life and scientific discoveries of Jewel Plummer Cobb, a celebrated American scientist and professor, both for her contributions to cancer research and for her efforts to break down the many

What makes The Center Cannot Hold - My Journey Through Madness by professor Elyn R. Saks one of the most memorable books I have read is that it radically changed the way I understand psychosis and the experience of psychiatric illness more generally. By employing one of the most powerful

Researchers at the University of Glasgow recently published a paper in which they identified a molecular pathway as a potential target for treating neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer’s disease (AD). By activating a type of receptor in a mouse model of these diseases, they were able to not only treat

Earlier this year, the American Psychiatry Association officially included prolonged grief disorder (PGD) as a medical diagnosis in the revised version of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the DSM-5-TR. Its addition has sparked a heated debate among grief communities and scientists about the medicalisation of grief in