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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is fatal, & current gene therapies lack precision, leading to high doses & immune risks. UF Medicine’s Dr. Hugh Sweeney & Dr. David Hammers have redesigned rAAV capsids to target muscle, boosting efficacy & safety. 🔗: ufinnovate.technologypublisher.com/techcase/MP250…

Ever wondered how your brain decides a smell stinks? FLORIDA Med researchers Sarah Sniffen, M.S., and Dan Wesson, Ph.D., have discovered two unique brain cell types that allow odors to be assigned into a bucket of good or bad feelings: go.ufl.edu/hnt6mx5 #UFMedResearch

Washington has paid 70% of Israel’s military costs since Oct 7, 2023. At same time Washington is cutting Pell Grants awarded to 7.4 million poor students during the 2025-26 school year, at a cost of $38.1 billion by 23% to just $5,710 a year. How much is going to Israel?

Inhibiting Nav1.8 for pain: Lessons from patients and from neurons | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Modulation of human dorsal root ganglion neuron firing by the Nav1.8 inhibitor suzetrigine | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Listen to a podcast of this pre-print: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/d04c9…

Do you have questions about advancing outcome measurement development and translational relevance of animal models of #pain? Sign up for this in-person, 2-day workshop in Bethesda, Maryland, USA now bit.ly/460tjek #PRF

Super cool findings on Nav1.8 in this pre-print from Tyagi, Waxman, and Dib-Hajj!! Targeted ubiquitination of NaV1.8 reduces sensory neuronal excitability biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Getting all my science questions out today: anyone aware of a CCK-Cre rat? Please RT!

🏆 The world’s largest #NeuroscienceAward is accepting nominations for 2026! Awarded each year by Lundbeckfonden, #TheBrainPrize recognises outstanding contributions across all fields of #neuroscience. 🧠 🗓️ Deadline: 1 September 2025 👉 loom.ly/-54xDkQ #FENS

Researchers and physician-scientists at FLORIDA and UF Health are working to address some of the most pressing medical crises, including cancer, neurological disorders and antibiotic resistance. Check out some of the ways Gators are creating real-world impact: bit.ly/4kQH4k9

Online now: Selective loss of Scn2a in ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons leads to dopamine system hypofunction and autistic-like behaviors dlvr.it/TLrVkG

So...are you ready to be the next Neuropsychopharmacology Editorial Intern? 🤔 Then be sure to submit your application by 5pm (Central Time) July 30th⌛️ More information & application instructions found here: acnp.org/digital-librar…

USASP is currently participating in virtual Hill visits to educate congressional staff about the importance of NIH funding for pain research. Want to help? Reach out to your representatives and share why pain research matters to you. Learn more here ⬇

Check it out! USASP is doing virtual visits to the Hill. Everyone that values science should participate and make their voices heard! #ScienceMatters #medtwitter

HOWZAT!!! 🤯 High-speed mapping of whole-mouse peripheral nerves at subcellular resolution: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Another awesome paper on uncoupling protein-protein interactions with NaV1.7!! Congrats to Fernanda Laezza and team 🎉 JCI - Sensory neuron–expressed FGF13 controls nociceptive signaling in diabetic neuropathy models jci.org/articles/view/…

MBI researchers report in Nature Biomedical Engineering that an mRNA vaccine boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in mice, bringing them a step closer to creating a universal vaccine to “wake up” the immune system against cancer. Learn more: bit.ly/4lU7lOQ

Join us at the 2025 Alzheimer's Association International Conference! I will be discussing ADRD funding opportunities during the ISTAART Intermission on Sunday.

We found that endogenous ligand for GPR139 is opioid peptide dynorphin. With this, GPR139 may not be an orphan any more but the 5th opioid receptor. Heavy lift by talented Xiaona Li with great thanks to all who contributed! nature.com/articles/s4146…