by Stacey Hawkins | Nov 9, 2017 | Neuroscience
THE SCIENCE BEHIND OPIOIDS Concerns over the opioid epidemic continue to grow, with deaths from narcotic overdoses the leading cause of death in people under 50 last year. Nearly half of those deaths were attributable to prescription opioids. The directors of both the... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Dec 7, 2016 | Neuroscience
Microbiome & Disease The biotech world is abuzz with talk of the latest microbiome startup launch Axial Biotherapeutics (Boston, MA). What caught our eye here at the WEEKLY is the company’s focus on the gut microbiome — the entire collection of microbes living in... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Nov 17, 2016 | Neuroscience, Uncategorized
A Big Pain The opioid addiction crisis gained attention at the highest levels of U.S. policy circles this past year. Presidential candidates that disagreed on nearly everything else vowed to make fighting the epidemic a priority if elected. In July, the U.S. Senate... by Stacey Hawkins | Sep 4, 2014 | Neuroscience
ALS awareness is on the rise, thanks to the ubiquitous ice bucket challenges making worldwide headlines. This social media phenomena prompts us here at WEEKLY to wonder: what is this disease and where does the biotech industry stand? ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral...
