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Boston College researcher receives grant to study role of gut microbes in Type 1 diabetes

Boston College Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis has received a two-year, $275,000-grant from the Beatson Foundation to explore the role of gut microbes and viruses triggering the autoimmunity of Type 1 diabetes.

1 Aug 2023

Aromas while sleeping boost cognitive capacity

When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed.

1 Aug 2023

Scientists develop breakthrough technology for detecting protein modifications

A team of scientists led by the University of Oxford have achieved a significant breakthrough in detecting modifications on protein structures.

1 Aug 2023

New £3 million research unit seeks to tackle dementia

Funded by a £3 million grant from The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the DeNPRU will produce research on prevention, diagnosis and treatment, care service, and workforce needs.

1 Aug 2023

New device can detect COVID-19 in less than a minute

Benjamin Sumlin, PhD, a senior scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, blows into a device designed by researchers at the university. The device — a breath test that uses a biosensor — could become a tool for use in doctors' offices to quickly diagnose people infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.

1 Aug 2023

AI language model GPT-3 performs about as well as college undergraduates in analogical reasoning

People solve new problems readily without any special training or practice by comparing them to familiar problems and extending the solution to the new problem.

31 Jul 2023

Novel tool uncovers new cell types in the visual system of flies

New York University researchers have discovered new cell types in the visual system of flies, made possible by their creation of a tool that finds and labels neurons during development.

31 Jul 2023

New KU program aims to help women leaving incarceration succeed in the technology industry

For women who are incarcerated and lack access to the internet and other technologies, it can be difficult to navigate an increasingly online world when transitioning back to society.

31 Jul 2023

Researchers map European health and digital health literacy

Researchers at RMIT University have helped map European health and digital health literacy, in an important step towards informing health policy and practice across the region.

31 Jul 2023

Routine brain scans could help identify physical causes of psychosis

Routine brain scanning in people experiencing psychosis could help to identify underlying physical conditions that are causing their symptoms, according to a new study.

31 Jul 2023

Catheter-directed thrombolysis may offer a safer alternative for high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary embolism (PE), a life-threatening condition caused by blood clots in the lung, has long posed a significant risk to patients worldwide.

31 Jul 2023

Newly identified protein plays a key role in the action of emerging anticancer therapies

Scientists have identified a protein that plays a pivotal role in the action of several emerging cancer therapies. The researchers say the discovery will likely aid efforts to fine-tune the use of immunotherapies against several challenging cancers.

31 Jul 2023

Modest updates to current school meal nutrition standards could lead to significant health benefits

Today's school meals are much healthier than they were for the parents of American kids, but still 1 in 4 school meals are of poor nutritional quality.

31 Jul 2023

$11.5 million award renewal from NIH supports study of how stress influences cardiovascular health

Psychosocial stress profoundly affects people's lives globally, not least because it can be a critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

31 Jul 2023

What is the association between soft drink consumption and prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents?

Daily soft drink consumption is strongly associated with overweight and obesity.

31 Jul 2023

Circadian clock gene plays role in memory formation

A gene that plays a key role in regulating how bodies change across the 24-hour day also influences memory formation, allowing mice to consolidate memories better during the day than at night.

28 Jul 2023

Pinto beans may have anti-inflammatory properties

Common beans are important food sources with high nutritional content. Bean seeds also contain phenolic compounds, which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that promote health.

28 Jul 2023

New technique revolutionizes protein-ligand interaction studies

Raman spectroscopy -; a chemical analysis method that shines monochromatic light onto a sample and records the scattered light that emerges -; has caused frustration among biomedical researchers for more than half a century.

28 Jul 2023

MUSC study to determine optimal dose of transcranial magnetic stimulation for MCI

With more than $3.7 million in funding from the National Institute on Aging, Medical University of South Carolina neuropsychologist Andreana Benitez, Ph.D., of the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine will lead a phase II clinical trial to determine the optimal dose of transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, needed to improve symptoms for patients with depression and mild cognitive impairment, or MCI.

28 Jul 2023

New method allows the discovery of specific inhibitors of lactate transporter

Scientists from the Giulio Superti-Furga Lab at CeMM, the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, have developed a new method that allows the discovery of specific inhibitors of a lactate transporter associated with cancer and other disease areas.

28 Jul 2023

students News and Research

Boston College researcher receives grant to study role of gut microbes in Type 1 diabetes

Aromas while sleeping boost cognitive capacity

Scientists develop breakthrough technology for detecting protein modifications

New £3 million research unit seeks to tackle dementia

New device can detect COVID-19 in less than a minute

AI language model GPT-3 performs about as well as college undergraduates in analogical reasoning

Novel tool uncovers new cell types in the visual system of flies

New KU program aims to help women leaving incarceration succeed in the technology industry

Researchers map European health and digital health literacy

Routine brain scans could help identify physical causes of psychosis

Catheter-directed thrombolysis may offer a safer alternative for high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism

Newly identified protein plays a key role in the action of emerging anticancer therapies

Modest updates to current school meal nutrition standards could lead to significant health benefits

$11.5 million award renewal from NIH supports study of how stress influences cardiovascular health

What is the association between soft drink consumption and prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents?

Circadian clock gene plays role in memory formation

Pinto beans may have anti-inflammatory properties

New technique revolutionizes protein-ligand interaction studies

MUSC study to determine optimal dose of transcranial magnetic stimulation for MCI

New method allows the discovery of specific inhibitors of lactate transporter

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