Psychobiology

Scientists discover new mechanisms by which RNA drugs can control gene activity

3 Feb 2012

Small RNA-based nucleic acid drugs represent a promising new class of therapeutic agents for silencing abnormal or overactive disease-causing genes, and researchers have discovered new mechanisms by which RNA drugs can control gene activity.

Pitzer Psych Professor Receives Two Research Grants

31 Jan 2012

Pitzer College Professor of Psychology David Moore, Scripps College Professor of Psychology Alan Hartley and Assistant Professor of Psychology Michael Spezio, and Claremont McKenna Professor of Pscyhology Cathy Reed received a grant for $411,008 from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Two NIH clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

27 Jan 2012

The National Institutes of Health has launched two multi-site clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. One will compare continuous chest compressions (CCC) combined with pause- free rescue breathing to standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which includes a combination of chest compressions and pauses for rescue breathing.