Coronavirus Test Shortages Explained (w/ Dr. Julia Schaletzky), Anonymous Anime Fan Helps Solve 25-Year-Old Math Mystery, and Can Ketamine Help with Depression?

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Dr. Julia Schaletzky explains why the U.S. is having a hard time testing everyone for the coronavirus. Plus: learn about how ketamine can help with depression and anxiety; and how an anonymous Anime fan on 4chan helped solve a 25-year-old math puzzle.

Additional resources from Dr. Julia Schaletzky, Executive Director of the Henry Wheeler Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases at University of California, Berkeley:

• Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases (CEND) http://cend.globalhealth.berkeley.edu/
• CEND COVID-19 Outbreak Watch http://cend.globalhealth.berkeley.edu/coronavirus-outbreak-watch/
• Immunotherapy and Vaccine Research Institute (IVRI) https://ivri.berkeley.edu/
• Department of Molecular & Cell Biology (MCB) faculty bio for Julia Schaletzky, PhD https://haas.berkeley.edu/biology-business/academics/faculty/
• Follow @CENDUCBerkeley on Twitter https://twitter.com/CENDUCBerkeley
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• Dr. Schaletzky’s CEND profile http://cend.globalhealth.berkeley.edu/julia-schaletzky-phd/

How can ketamine treat anxiety? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Brock in Utah)

• Chen, J. (2019, March 21). How New Ketamine Drug Helps with Depression. Yale Medicine; YaleMedicine.org. https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/ketamine-depression/
• Meisner, R. C. (2019, May 22). Ketamine for major depression: New tool, new questions - Harvard Health Blog. Harvard Health Blog. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/ketamine-for-major-depression-new-tool-new-questions-2019052216673
• U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (2017). Ketamine. In Drugs of Abuse: A DEA Resource Guide. (pp. 68.) https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/sites/getsmartaboutdrugs.com/files/publications/DoA_2017Ed_Updated_6.16.17.pdf#page=68
• Gao, M., Rejaei, D., & Liu, H. (2016). Ketamine use in current clinical practice. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 37(7), 865–872. https://doi.org/10.1038/aps.2016.5
• Ketamine vs. Esketamine for Depression. (2019). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/two-takes-depression/201904/ketamine-vs-esketamine-depression
• Office of the Commissioner. (2019). Understanding Unapproved Use of Approved Drugs “Off Label.” U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/patients/learn-about-expanded-access-and-other-treatment-options/understanding-unapproved-use-approved-drugs-label
• Makin, S. (2019, April 12). Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patient’s Brain. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/behind-the-buzz-how-ketamine-changes-the-depressed-patients-brain/

An anonymous 4chan post helped solve a 25-year-old math puzzle by Grant Currin

• Sci-Fi Writer Greg Egan and Anonymous Math Whiz Advance Permutation Problem | Quanta Magazine. (2018). Quanta Magazine. https://www.quantamagazine.org/sci-fi-writer-greg-egan-and-anonymous-math-whiz-advance-permutation-problem-20181105/
• Superpermutations — Greg Egan. (2018). Gregegan.Net. http://www.gregegan.net/SCIENCE/Superpermutations/Superpermutations.html
• Anonymous 4chan Poster, Houston, R., Pantone, J., Vatter, V. (2018). A lower bound on the length of the shortest superpattern. Posted online. https://oeis.org/A180632/a180632.pdf

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