Early blood tests predict death, severe disability for traumatic brain injury
A study finds that blood tests taken the day of a traumatic brain injury can predict which patients are likely to die or survive with...
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Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: rebleeding rates and rebleeding predictors found
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is defined as gastrointestinal bleeding from a source that cannot be determined even after upper or lower gastrointestinal endoscopy is performed....
Novel hypotheses that answer key questions about the evolution of sexual reproduction
Two novel hypotheses have been proposed that address the “two-fold cost of sex”: one of the biggest enigmas in the evolution of sexual reproduction.Credit: Yukio...
Medieval friars were ‘riddled with parasites’, study finds
A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the city’s general population to be...
A breakthrough in magnetic materials research could lead to novel ways to manipulate electron flow with much less energy loss
Newly discovered magnetic interactions in the Kagome layered topological magnet TbMn6Sn6 could be the key to customizing how electrons flow through these materials. Scientists from...
Next generation patient avatars: Expanding the possibilities with MicroOrganospheres
(LOS ANGELES) – A team of scientists, led by Xiling Shen, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, and Professor at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI),...
RIPE researchers prove bioengineering better photosynthesis increases yields in food crops for the first time ever
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For the first time, RIPE researchers have proven that multigene bioengineering of photosynthesis increases the yield of a major food crop in...
First in nation: UC San Diego health offers treatment for hereditary amyloidosis
UC San Diego Health is first in the nation to offer a new injectable medication to patients with nerve damage caused by hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis,...
Zhang and colleagues win an $11.2 million NIH program project grant
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $11.2 million program project grant, or PPG, to Jianyi “Jay” Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.,...
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: Juneau P, et al., 2022,...
Engineers fabricate a chip-free, wireless electronic “skin”
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Wearable sensors are ubiquitous thanks to wireless technology that enables a person’s glucose concentrations, blood pressure, heart rate, and activity levels to...
Touch and sight are linked before birth
In embryonic stages, tactile stimuli simultaneously activate tactile and visual neural pathways. Shortly after birth, both pathways reorganize to allow separate processing of touch and...
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 and Transformation by Lindsay Jaacks...
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 and more than 250 with...
UTIA receives grant to analyze and develop price risk management tools
Beef cattle producers are all too familiar with economic losses stemming from uncontrollable events such as drought and disease; however, losses due to rapid price...
