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Machine learning model predicts fall risk for lower limb amputees with up to 80% accuracy, with implications for future smartphone apps
In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available article in PLOS Digital Health: https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0000088 Credit:...
COVID-19 disrupted the agriculture sector in India, but not agricultural practices
India’s agricultural system is largely based on input-intensive monocropping of staple crops. A study publishing August 18th in PLOS Sustainability...
Study of more than 150,000 people identifies genes strongly linked to autism and neurodevelopmental disorders
A new study of genes underlying neurodevelopmental differences has uncovered more than 70 that are very strongly associated with autism...
UF Scripps study: Opioid drug tolerance develops from interplay of key gene and cholesterol
JUPITER, Fla. — UF Scripps Biomedical Research scientists have a discovered a key gene that is shedding light on how people...
COVID OUT clinical trial suggests metformin effective at reducing odds of serious outcomes for COVID-19 patients seeking early treatment
Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers — led by the University of Minnesota Medical School and School...
UBC researchers discover ‘weak spot’ across major COVID-19 variants
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered a key vulnerability across all major variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus,...
New prenatal test can reduce time, cost of detecting chromosomal abnormalities
NEW YORK, NY (Aug. 17, 2022)--A new prenatal test developed by researchers at Columbia University Fertility Center can determine if...
Preterm birth’s link with educational attainment explored in U.K. primary and secondary schoolchildren
All children born before full term are more likely to have poorer attainment during primary school compared with children born...
“Nutri-Score” label may counter misleading sugar claims on groceries
A new analysis suggests that the Nutri-Score—a label indicating the overall nutritional quality of a food product—can counteract the misleading...
New research model illuminates how organs communicate with each other
LA JOLLA, CA—Our many different organ systems are in constant communication with each other. During exercise, for example, muscles send...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation further investigates novel, reading-deficit treatments after sub-acute stroke with five-year, $675,000 grant
East Hanover, NJ – August 17, 2022 – Olga Boukrina, PhD, senior research scientist in the Center for Stroke Rehabilitation...
How a Japanese herbal medicine protects the gut against inflammatory bowel disease
Zhengzheng Shi and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan report the effects of a...
The University of Lisbon, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lisboa, Portugal will host the 13th Annual Meeting on Skin Challenges 2022 this November
The 13th Annual Meeting on Skin Ageing & Challenges 2022 will take place on November 16-18 at the University of...
FIU researchers discover how DDT exposure contributes to Alzheimer’s disease risk
MIAMI (Aug. 17, 2022) - A new study led by researchers from Florida International University (FIU) reveals a mechanism linking...
First structure of key COVID enzyme at human body temperature
UPTON, NY—Scientists studying a COVID-19 coronavirus enzyme at temperatures ranging from frosty to human-body warm discovered subtle structural shifts that...
Pre-fertilization DNA transfer to avoid mitochondrial disease inheritance appears safe
Transferring the nuclear genome from one egg into the cytoplasm of a donor egg is a strategy to enable women...
A doctor’s journey through constraints and creativity in the ER
For Immediate ReleaseCredit: The MIT Press, 2022. For Immediate Release “Tornado of Life is a tour de force. It features patient...
A novel method for monitoring the ‘engine’ of pregnancy
A study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering details a novel method for imaging the placenta in pregnant patients as well...
Do wind instruments disperse COVID aerosol droplets?
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2022 – During the COVID-19 pandemic, many live musical events and festivals were postponed and even canceled...
Many paths are open to neurons born early
When it comes to royalty, things are clear: The monarch's first child inherits the crown. Siblings born later must make...
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