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Hello everyone, I found a cool article that's related to the zoom meeting we had on Saturday about pulp! The article goes over vital pulp therapy and how preserving pulp could gradually change the way damaged teeth are treated. Rather than focusing solely on the current treatment methods like root canals or extractions, researchers are instead looking towards stem cells, growth factors, and biomaterials that could be used to help the tooth regenerate naturally. I just think it's amazing to see how these advancements can completely change the way we manage dental care! https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/dental-medicine/articles/10.3389/fdmed.2026.1857656/full

Hi guys --

I remember studying this topic a while ago and realized the correlation between ophthalmology and dentistry; this surgery uses the cornea to restore vision with a likelihood of success. It's known as Osteo-Odonto Keratoprothesis.

Here's the article:

https://www.nature.com/articles/sj.bdj.2013.383

Medical Live Series- Dentistry

🧬✨ PAVA BioImpact Medical Live Series! ✨🧬

Join us for another exciting session of the PAVA BioImpact Medical Live Series as we welcome Dr. Min Jung for a special medical case study and interactive learning experience!

🔎 Topic: Medical Mystery Case Study- Dentistry

🗓 Date: Saturday, July 11

⏰ Time: 6:00 PM PST

Hi everyone!

I've recently been fascinated by the topic of psychoanalysis and I wish to an overview of Lacanian Psychoanalysis (a branch of psychoanalysis founded by Jacques Lacan). For anyone interested in Freud's theory, Lacan explain its, as well as innovates it in an interesting way. Anyone interested in therapy or psychiatry would benefit greatly from this, so if thats any of you guys then happy reading! (ofc people that aren't planning on being psychiatrists or therapists could still find these writings enriching).

Hi guys! I recently stumbled upon a term called “Learned Helplessness”! It’s the concept of believing you cannot change an outcome of a situation because of a repeated pattern of bad outcomes. This relates to the concept that has been thrown around quite a bit on the internet: a fly will not move from above the top of a jar (even after the jar is opened) because it has already learned that the top of the jar will stop it from getting out. Scientists Martin Seligman and Steven F. Maier conducted an experiment using dogs to test this theory, proving that dogs, like people, can learn helplessness.

Warning if you decide to read the article, it might sound like it’s just an experiment but it was highly unethical what they were doing to those dogs all to prove a point.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/learned-helplessness.html

here’s the article!

🧬✨ PAVA BioImpact Medical Live Series! ✨🧬

Join us for another exciting session of the PAVA BioImpact Medical Live Series as we welcome Dr. Min Jung for a special medical case study and interactive learning experience!

🔎 Topic: Medical Mystery Case Study- Dentistry

🗓 Date: Saturday, July 11

⏰ Time: 6:00 PM PST

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Good morning pava. Hope you're all doing well. Happy 4th

As probably future biomedical field professionals, I think we need to be flexible in the way we conceptualize certain complex, difficult diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, alzheimers. Different people can show different symptoms & pathologies (why diversity in research is crucial), often driven by vastly different biological processes.

Here's an example of this nicely illustrated in a review article about co-pathologies in alzheimers - or, in other words, disease processes that often manifest alongside the typical amyloid beta & tau used as the primary and only biomarkers of alzheimers.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/joim.70096

Because conditions can show up so differently across the population & people often respond differently to treatments, i think we should gear ourselves for a sort of paradigm shift in the biomedical field. Many of these complex conditions might just be 100 different processes looped together in 1 trench…

We are excited to welcome Shivam Patel to our upcoming PAVA BioImpact Live Q&A Session on Sunday, June 28, at 6:00 PM PST via Zoom!

Shiv is preparing to begin his fourth year at Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, continuing his journey toward becoming a physician.

Dr. Roh had the privilege of working with Shiv during his time at his retina practice, where Shiv spent several gap years serving as an ophthalmic technician. From the very beginning, Shiv distinguished himself through his strong work ethic, intellectual curiosity, and positive attitude, making him an absolute pleasure to work with. It has been incredibly rewarding for Dr. Roh to watch him pursue and realize his lifelong dream of becoming a doctor.

A Southern California native, Shiv completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program at Valencia High School before earning his degree in Biology from UC Santa Barbara. He remains actively involved…

This July, the Neuro& team is thrilled to present the next webinar in our career series, Neuro&Pain with Dr. Ewan St. John Smith!

Dr. St. John Smith is a Professor of Nociception at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Naked Mole-Rat Initiative. Dr.

St. John Smith completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge and received his Master of Pharmacology at the University of Bath. His lab investigates the underlying molecular mechanisms of pain, specifically those associated with gastrointestinal tract disorders and arthritis. His work holds key implications for pain medicine and treatment.

The webinar will take place on Sunday, July 12th, 2026, from 12-1:30 PM ET on Zoom. Dr. St. John Smith will share his talk on pain and lessons from the naked mole-rat, and a live Q&A will be held at the end.

To learn more about Dr. St. John Smith and his research, visit https://Inkd.in/eczeNnhZ.