Sept. 4, 2025

“We now have lots of good examples of AAV being used. We have [a] good safety record for that … There’s a lot that we still don’t understand about neurodegenerative diseases.”

— Nikolaus McFarland, M.D., Ph.D., the Wright/Falls/Simmons Professor in PSP/Atypical Parkinson’s in the Department of Neurology, discussing the use of adeno-associated viruses, or AAV, to produce therapies for genetic disease with Scientific American, June 2

“Think of the interventions we can do to keep them healthy when we know this early. I think it’s a game-changer for how we should look at body composition.”

— Frank Orlando, M.D., an associate professor in the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, discussing using body fat as a measurement to screen patients for disease, as opposed to BMI with CNN Health, June 24.

“There’s no question you’re at a higher risk of worsening an injury or another injury occurring because maybe your gait is off a little bit or the muscle firing isn’t as good.”

— Kevin Farmer, M.D., a professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, discussing increased frequencies of Achilles injuries among NBA players with The Daily Mail, June 25

“It particularly impacts older adults, because there’s already some decline or impact in those areas.”

— Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D., a distinguished professor in the Department of Psychiatry, discussing how health risks increase for drinking alcohol as people age with The New York Times, July 3

“The hypothalamus does not necessarily down-regulate the same as the gut, so that is one of the side effects, that if it shows up, it tends to persist.”

— Ludmila De Faria, M.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry, discussing how selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, can raise body temperature and increase sweating with Women’s Health, Aug. 7

“Odors are powerful at driving emotions, and it’s long been thought that the sense of smell is just as powerful, if not more powerful, at driving an emotional response as a picture, a song or any other sensory stimulus.”

— Dan Wesson, Ph.D., the Thomas H. Maren, M.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, discussing new research that shows the connection between smell and memory with MSN, June 26

“If you feel subjectively that you’re a four or more, you probably should go get checked out. And I teach my residents and fellows, if something’s hot, red, swollen, that’s bad.”

— Jason Zaremski, M.D., a clinical professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and sports medicine division chief, discussing measuring joint pain with The New York Times, Aug. 1

“A delay in presenting to health care is truly the likely reason why most people have a more serious outcome than others. People who present within the same day with signs and symptoms of early infection, who receive antibiotics, can do well and can avoid a lot of these serious complications.”

— Norman Beatty, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, discussing the importance of seeking care if someone believes they may have an infection caused from flesh-eating bacteria with NBC News, Aug. 8

“It’s like having your foot on the gas and the brakes at the same time — sometimes the accelerator overrides the stopping mechanism. And a little bit of milk can come out.”

— Patrick Duff, M.D., a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, discussing the causes of leaky breasts during pregnancy with Parents, July 11