Antidepressant response: what does DNA have to do with it?

Antidepressant response: what does DNA have to do with it?

ADAA PARTNERS More than 13 percent of adults in the United States take antidepressant medications, according to 2018 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.1 These numbers have risen steadily over the past decade, but the effectiveness of antidepressants in treating the growing number of people with mental health problems still raises questions. … Read more

Flying skydivers leads geneticist Clemson to develop a system to detect DNA in the sky

A woman wearing a red hat and sunglasses standing in front of an airplane

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 As she flew through a Saharan dust plume above Anderson while piloting skydivers to their jump altitude, Clemson University geneticist and licensed commercial pilot Kimberly Mtris saw a research opportunity literally before her eyes. The atmosphere was saturated with particulate matter as transcontinental clouds of dust and sand swirled … Read more