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A team of scientists has successfully trained a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to make accurate predictions regarding cognitive decline...

Experts develop guide for getting more LTC residents immunized

A summit convened by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) National Adult Vaccination Program (NAVP) has resulted in a roadmap...

Post-treatment surveillance frequency not related to improved lung cancer patient survival

CHICAGO (October 4, 2018): Cancer treatment continues to improve for many types of cancer, leading to increased life expectancy for...

Using personal data to predict blood pressure

Credit: UC San Diego Engineers at UC San Diego used wearable off-the-shelf technology and machine learning to predict, for the...

AI could predict cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer’s disease in the next 5 years

A team of scientists has successfully trained a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to make accurate predictions regarding cognitive decline...

UM earns $10 million contract to develop universal flu vaccine

Credit: University of Montana MISSOULA - The National Institutes of Health have awarded a $10 million contract to the University...

Sequencing RNA in 20,000 Cardiac cells reveals insights into heart development and disease

Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Scientists using a powerful new technology that sequences RNA in 20,000 individual cell nuclei have...

Facebook status: sick. How people use the internet to cope with illness

When a person is diagnosed with a serious illness, he or she may seek support from a variety of sources:...

First large study details cognitive outcomes among older breast cancer patients

WASHINGTON -- The first large U.S. study of cognition in older breast cancer patients found that within the first two...

BPS congratulates biophysicist Frances Arnold on her Nobel Prize

ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) commends Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology, on her shared Nobel Prize in...

Arizona bioscience community honors two of TGen’s top scientists

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Oct. 3, 2018 -- Two top scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of...

A novel molecule could spur new class of drugs for breast cancer

Credit: Stevens Institute of Technology Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology and colleagues have designed and developed a new class...

T cell bispecific antibody for the immune-mediated killing of HER2+ breast cancer cells

(Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology) Researchers at the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology in Barcelona show that the p95HER2-T cell...

Recording device for cell history

Different "events" such as infections by viruses, as well as the exposure to environmental toxins or other forms of stress,...

MSU faculty awarded $1 million grant to research tree chemistry in bark beetle battle

Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN - As bark beetles continue to devour sickly pine forests, a Montana State...

Riffyn launches Open Access for scientists at non-profits

Credit: Riffyn Oakland, CA, USA, 3 October 2018 - Riffyn, a global provider of cloud-based experiment design and data analytics...

Proposed simple chemical reaction network of existing biological E. coli signaling data

Apparently, bacteria do not care about math and they do not have in their curricula a calculus course. Yet they...

Family of rodents may explain how some groups of animals become so diverse

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- How did a single species of rodent invade South America and then quickly branch off into 350...

In disaster’s wake, novel computing techniques support emergency responders

Credit: Melanie Laverdiere/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 3, 2018--As hurricanes barrel toward the...

New approach on the use of big data in clinical decision support