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... they stumbled upon an intriguing pattern: #schizophrenia, a serious mental illness affecting people across virtually every known society, appeared to be entirely absent in people who had been #blind from birth.

The observation sat largely ignored for decades, held back by limited understanding of the #disease and a lack of patient data

https://theconversation.com/people-who-are-blind-from-birth-never-develop-schizophrenia-what-this-tells-us-about-the-psychiatric-condition-281369?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse

#MentalHealth #research #ScienceMatters #brain

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People who are blind from birth never develop schizophrenia – what this tells us about the psychiatric condition

Understanding why people born blind never develop schizophrenia could transform how we think about and treat one of medicine’s most baffling conditions.

The Conversation

Mark 1d ago

People who are #blind from birth never develop #schizophrenia – what this tells us about the #psychiatric condition

In 1950, two researchers noticed something that didn’t quite add up. Hector #Chevigny, a writer who had lost his sight in adulthood, and #psychologist Sydell #Braverman were studying the #psychological lives of blind people when they stumbled upon an intriguing pattern ...

#MentalHealth #ScienceMatters #medical #brain #sighted #sight #research

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SBGrid 2d ago

Community Announcement:

Upcoming event from our partners at Instruc-ERIC

Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biomolecules
September 7-11, 2026 | CEITEC Brno, Czech Republic
Organized in collaboration with the Biomolecular Interactions and Crystallography Core Facility at The Central European Institute of Technology

Register here: https://instruct-eric.org/events/instruct-course-on-calorimetric-and-spectroscopic-characterization-of-biomolecules

#SBGrid #ScienceMatters #StructuralBiology

SBGrid 6d ago

If you missed our March webinar with José Luis Vilas Prieto on Image processing made simple with ScipionTomo, you can catch up with the recorded version on YouTube.

More here: https://youtu.be/uE8ej9ZO-M8

#SBGrid #Webinars #ScienceMatters

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Rich Stein (he/him)Apr 29

@ScienceScholar
Actions have consequences — (but at least we're "winning" the race to the bottom and return to the Dark Ages!):
Former MIT president says the US is losing the innovation race to China
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/25/nx-s1-5772703/former-mit-president-says-the-us-is-losing-the-innovation-race-to-china

Cited article: "America Is Losing the Innovation Race: Why the Future of Science Might Be Chinese" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/america-losing-innovation-race
#ScienceMatters #science #USpolitics

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Rich Stein (he/him)Apr 28

@petergleick
Former MIT president says the US is losing the innovation race to China
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/25/nx-s1-5772703/former-mit-president-says-the-us-is-losing-the-innovation-race-to-china

Cited article: "America Is Losing the Innovation Race: Why the Future of Science Might Be Chinese" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/america-losing-innovation-race
@dmacphee
#ScienceMatters #science #USpolitics

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Rich Stein (he/him)Apr 28

@petergleick
A self-inflicted "win" as we return to the Dark Ages. Incredible — and incredibly sad — to see from the nation that attracted more scientists from more countries each year since the end of World War II, because of its scientific leadership.
https://mastodon.social/@RunRichRun/116468282962608451
#ScienceMatters #science #USpolitics

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Rich Stein (he/him)Apr 28

@petergleick
A self-inflicted "win" as we return to the Dark Ages. Incredible — and incredibly sad — to see from the nation that attracted more scientists from more countries each year since the end of World War II, because of its scientific leadership.
https://mastodon.social/@RunRichRun/116468282962608451
#ScienceMatters #science #USpolitics