New mouse model of ALS more closely mimics human disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells controlling voluntary muscles. No...
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After Australia cut drug copays for indigenous people, hospital use declined
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new study finds that in regions where indigenous Australians most readily accepted a government incentive to lower drug copayments, hospitalizations to...
Getting to the root of it: Predicting root biomass with electrical capacitance
Unless we're weeding the garden or tripping over one sticking out of the ground, for most of us the root systems of plants are out...
Using a patient’s own words, machine learning automatically identifies suicidal behavior
CINCINNATI -- Using a person's spoken or written words, new computer tools can identify with great accuracy whether that person is suicidal, mentally ill but...
New technique aids search for genetic roots of disease
Credit: Michael Worful Some 10 million points of genetic variation are scattered across a molecule of DNA, and those variations make us who we are...
Twenty percent of children with celiac disease do not heal on a gluten-free diet
November 7, 2016 - Even after a year on a gluten-free diet, nearly 20 percent of children with celiac disease continue to have intestinal abnormalities...
Gene network controls how many flowers and fruits plants will make in critical growth window
Credit: Lippman lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- There is staggering diversity in the number of flowers produced by each of the 2,800 or...
Across the lifespan: Emerging targets to treat mental illness
Nov. 7, 2016 - Can understanding differences between women's and men's brains lead to sex-specific treatments for mental illness? Can we apply our knowledge of...
Unlocking big genetic datasets
Credit: Wei Hao/Princeton The same algorithms that personalize movie recommendations and extract topics from oceans of text could bring doctors closer to diagnosing, treating and...
Regenstrief scientists receive prestigious award for innovation in biomedical informatics
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Burke Mamlin, MD, and Paul Biondich, MD, of the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine will be honored...
Biologic therapies for rheumatoid arthritis may protect against rapid bone loss
A new review by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Chronic Inflammation and Bone Structure (CIBS) Working Group concludes that early and aggressive treatment of Rheumatoid...
Pollution emitted near equator has biggest impact on global ozone
Credit: Jonathan Gardiner, UNC-Chapel Hill Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has increased at a much faster pace in regions close...
Most mammals have a greater life expectancy in zoos
How long do animals live? Although the question seems trivial, it is not easy to answer - especially in the case of free-ranging animals, as...
Herbivory and climate change factors may significantly increase BVOC emissions from boreal conifers
Boreal conifer forests are sources of biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions into the atmosphere. Global warming exposes boreal trees to biotic stress caused by...
Patagonian fossil leaves reveal rapid recovery from dinosaur extinction event
Credit: Peter Wilf, Penn State Ancient feeding marks from hungry insects in South American leaf fossils are shedding new light on the mass extinction that...
