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Risk factors for dementia vary by ethnicity, study finds
Modifiable risk factors—including hypertension, obesity, diabetes, low HDL cholesterol and sleep disorders—confer a higher risk of dementia for people in...
Trial results indicate potential for organ transplantation without long-term immunosuppression
Giving living donor liver transplant recipients an infusion of immune cells derived from their donor a week before transplantation is...
Absorption of light by molecules has applications in microscopy, medicine and data storage
Absorption spectroscopy is an analytical chemistry tool that can determine if a particular substance is present in a sample by...
Study clearly identifies nutrients as a driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Woods Hole, Mass. (Oct. 11, 2023) -- Under normal conditions, the floating macroalgae Sargassum spp. provide habitat for hundreds of...
Gene discoveries could help prevent deadly coronary artery disease
An international team of scientists has identified nearly a dozen genes that contribute to calcium buildup in our coronary arteries...
New research unveils intricate mechanism behind immune system’s ability to differentiate between self and non-self antigens
A groundbreaking study, led by Professor Kyemyung Park and his research team in the Graduate School of Health Science and Technology...
Killer whales’ diet more important than location for pollutant exposure, study says
Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans’ top predators, but even they can be exposed to...
Commonly used herbicide is harmful to adolescent brain function
Herbicides are the most used class of pesticides worldwide, with uses in agriculture, homes and industry. Exposures to two of...
TB vaccine discovery paves path to end no. 1 killer of people living with HIV
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered a tuberculosis (TB) vaccination strategy that could prevent the...
STARTUP Central project will educate and support biomedical researchers turning innovations into new companies
LAWRENCE — Bringing an idea from a lab to patients and consumers can be a complicated and intimidating process involving...
Humans can make abstract choices independent of motor actions, but in lab tasks, choices are typically reported with an associated action
Humans can make abstract choices independent of motor actions, but in lab tasks, choices are typically reported with an associated...
Pennington Biomedical scientists continue to rank among the world’s most cited researchers
BATON ROUGE – Five Pennington Biomedical Research Center faculty members and one adjunct professor rank among the most cited researchers...
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards 2023 outstanding achievement prizes to five leading psychiatric researchers
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the world’s largest private funder of mental health research grants, today announced it is...
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance call for papers theme issue on preventive strategies
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance Editor-in-Chief: Travis Sanchez and guest editors Dr. Roy Rillera Marzo, Dr. Adnan Kisa, Petra Heidler...
UMass Amherst study finds gender differences in HIV stigma in the Dominican Republic
In a University of Massachusetts Amherst study recently published in PLOS ONE, researchers explored and described gender differences in HIV-related stigma and...
Seamlessly multiplexing memory storage and recall
Every day we store memories, some of which we are able to recall later. But while we do so, do...
How video games could unlock new treatments for Parkinson’s
Credit: Vasileios Christopoulos/UCR
DNA aptamer finds novel application in regulating cell differentiation
Generating specific cell lineages from induced pluripotent stem cells and embryonic stem cells is the holy grail of regenerative medicine....
THE LANCET NEUROLOGY: Stroke could cause nearly 10 million deaths annually by 2050, mostly in LMICs, and cost up to US$2 trillion per year, new report warns
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What is the impact of predictive AI in the health care setting?
Models built on machine learning in health care can be victims of their own success, according to researchers at the...
