He further notes that there is ``... significant discordance
between preclinical findings and clinical results» and ``... inefficient partnerships between academia and industry,» two challenges that must be addressed if academic research is to yield maximum clinical benefit and attain the ultimate goal of saving patients» lives.
Not exact matches
Now, a
preclinical study, from the lab of Olivier Berton, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of Psychiatry, in collaboration with Sheryl Beck, PhD, a professor in the department of Anesthesiology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
found that bullying and other social stresses triggered symptoms of depression in mice by activating GABA neurons, in a never - before - seen direct relationship
between social stimuli and this neural circuitry.
The study can be seen in Cell Reports and provides an explanation for why the clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease drugs have failed and gives new light on the discord
between preclinical and clinical
findings.
Our
finding of similarity in clinical progression
between human patients and Huntington's disease monkeys suggests monkeys could become a
preclinical, large animal model for the development of new treatments.»