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Val's Take: I think the quote above by Thich Nhat Hanh sounds a lot like Clarence Darrow. Clarence Darrow knew he wasn't perfect, and he knew no one else was either.

Darrow was interested in the science of the time.

The placenta has a footprint of maternal immunity (2021)

GAME-CHANGING RESEARCH & New directions

The 2025 conference brings together leading academics and industry professionals to explore developments and challenges in the rapidly evolving field of nucleic acid medicines.

By uniting researchers from basic science, translational medicine, promising start-ups and biotechnology companies, the event aims to create a unique environment for meaningful dialogue and collaboration.

The conference will feature in-depth discussions on:

Translational developments of basic nucleic acid biology

Recent clinical successes using nucleic acid gene therapies

Advancements in nucleic acid chemistry

The Sixth Sense: Self-nucleic acid sensing in the brain (2024)

Our innate immune system uses pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) as a first line of defense to detect microbial ligands and initiate an immune response.

Viral nucleic acids are key ligands for the activation of many PRRs and the induction of downstream inflammatory and antiviral effects.

(2019)

We're Here! The Cellular amd Molecular Levels of Neuro-Developmental & Psychiatric Disorders

Crisis Services in Colorado, the US & Around the World

The many roads to mitochondrial dysfunction in neuroimmune and neuropsychiatric disorders (2015)

*Wales and Australia

Immune Dysregulation in Bipolar Disorder:
The Role of IL-27 and EBI3 (2025)

*Researchers from Iran & the UK

Prospective association between maternal allostatic load during pregnancy and child mitochondrial content and bioenergetic capacity (2022)

Mitochondria: A Unifying Link for Psychiatric Illness
Psychological stress gets embedded in our system by altering metabolism. (2024)

A multi-omic approach implicates novel protein dysregulation in post-traumatic stress disorder (2025)

*US

Mitochondrial dynamics and psychiatric disorders: The missing link (2024)

*Greece

Microglia as hunters or gatherers of brain synapses (2025)

Now Let Me Get this Straight --- Are People with Mental Illness the "Good People" or the "Bad People" --- ?

The DSM 5, the biological basis of behavior and the need for mitigation

See also: PANDAS Physicians Network
Early Recognition & Treatment of Neuroimmune Psychiatric Conditions: A Paradigm Shift in Neuropsychiatry - PANS/PANDAS (Nov. 2025)