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How random gene activity shapes lifespan in C. elegans

Why do some people live for longer than others? The genes in our DNA sequence are important, helping avoid disease or maintain general health, but differences in our genome sequence alone explain less than 30% of the natural variance of human life expectancy.

21 Jun 2024

SuperAnimal: A deep learning model for automated animal behavior analysis

Behavioral analysis can provide a lot of information about the health status or motivations of a living being.

21 Jun 2024

Screen time significantly associated with myopia in children, research shows

The epidemiological evidence on the association between screen time exposure and myopia in children and adolescents.

21 Jun 2024

Unveiling the role of SOS genes in E. coli survival during antibiotic treatment

When E. coli detects damage to its genetic material, it sends out an SOS signal that alters activity inside the cells.

20 Jun 2024

How attractive appearance leads to more risky behavior among young people

New research challenges the notion that good looks are the key to happiness. It turns out that an attractive appearance leads to more risky behavior among young people.

20 Jun 2024

One copy of the Christchurch variant may confer protection against familial Alzheimer's disease

A scientific story that began with a discovery in just one extraordinary patient is now panning out. In 2019, an international team that included researchers from two Mass General Brigham hospitals -; Mass Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-; reported on the case of a patient who did not develop cognitive impairment until her late 70s, despite being part of a family at extremely high genetic risk for developing early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

20 Jun 2024

Proteins in blood may help to predict Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before the onset of motor symptoms

Researchers combined mass spectrometry-based proteomic phenotyping with machine learning to identify blood biomarkers in early Parkinson's disease.

20 Jun 2024

AI-driven blood test offers hope for early Parkinson's diagnosis

A team of researchers, led by scientists at UCL and University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany, have developed a simple blood test that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict Parkinson's up to seven years before the onset of symptoms.

19 Jun 2024

Texas A&M researchers study impact of space travel on eye health

As space travel becomes more common, it is important to consider the impacts of space flight and altered gravity on the human body. Led by Dr. Ana Diaz Artiles, researchers at Texas A&M University are studying some of those impacts, specifically effects on the eye.

18 Jun 2024

¿Cómo se dice? California loops in AI to translate health care information

Tener gripe, tener gripa, engriparse, agriparse, estar agripado, estar griposo, agarrar la gripe, coger la influenza. In Spanish, there are at least a dozen ways to say someone has the flu — depending on the country.

18 Jun 2024

9/11 first responders face increased midlife dementia risk from severe dust exposure

Severe dust exposure among World Trade Center responders is linked to higher rates of dementia before age 65, highlighting long-term cognitive risks from 9/11.

17 Jun 2024

Revolutionary anti-ceramide immunotherapy could prevent blindness in diabetic patients

Patients with diabetes face a host of potential health problems as they work to manage the chronic disease.

17 Jun 2024

Global Omega-3 Index map update reveals persistent data gaps and low levels

A study in Progress in Lipid Research updated the global Omega-3 Index map, revealing improvements in some regions but highlighting significant data gaps and low levels in many countries, stressing the need for global intervention.

16 Jun 2024

AI-driven alerts improve patient care escalation and survival rates in hospitals

Deploying and evaluating a machine learning intervention to improve clinical care and patient outcomes is a key step in moving clinical deterioration models from byte to bedside, according to a June 13 editorial in Critical Care Medicine that comments on a Mount Sinai study published in the same issue.

13 Jun 2024

Low-cost quality improvement program lowers mortality in El Salvador's pediatric ICU

Pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in low and middle-income countries see elevated mortality rates, often 10 times higher than those in high-income countries.

12 Jun 2024

New robot system used to improve treatment for debilitating eye disease

Researchers from King's, with doctors at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, have successfully used a new robot system to improve treatment for debilitating eye disease.

11 Jun 2024

Mount Sinai researchers use AI to identify 17 key genes in heart disease

Using an advanced artificial intelligence tool, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified rare coding variants in 17 genes that shed light on the molecular basis of coronary artery disease (CAD), the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.

11 Jun 2024

Bird flu tests are hard to get. So how will we know when to sound the pandemic alarm?

Stanford University infectious disease doctor Abraar Karan has seen a lot of patients with runny noses, fevers, and irritated eyes lately.

11 Jun 2024

Teprotumumab shows long-lasting benefits for thyroid eye disease patients

Most patients with thyroid eye disease treated with teprotumumab didn't require additional treatments nearly 2 years later, according to industry-supported research being presented Sunday at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Boston, Mass., and published in the journal Thyroid.

10 Jun 2024

Glowing marker dye gives medics a 'second pair of eyes' during prostate cancer surgery

A glowing marker dye that sticks to prostate cancer cells could help surgeons to remove them in real-time, according to a study funded by Cancer Research UK.

10 Jun 2024

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How random gene activity shapes lifespan in C. elegans

SuperAnimal: A deep learning model for automated animal behavior analysis

Screen time significantly associated with myopia in children, research shows

Unveiling the role of SOS genes in E. coli survival during antibiotic treatment

How attractive appearance leads to more risky behavior among young people

One copy of the Christchurch variant may confer protection against familial Alzheimer's disease

Proteins in blood may help to predict Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before the onset of motor symptoms

AI-driven blood test offers hope for early Parkinson's diagnosis

Texas A&M researchers study impact of space travel on eye health

¿Cómo se dice? California loops in AI to translate health care information

9/11 first responders face increased midlife dementia risk from severe dust exposure

Revolutionary anti-ceramide immunotherapy could prevent blindness in diabetic patients

Global Omega-3 Index map update reveals persistent data gaps and low levels

AI-driven alerts improve patient care escalation and survival rates in hospitals

Low-cost quality improvement program lowers mortality in El Salvador's pediatric ICU

New robot system used to improve treatment for debilitating eye disease

Mount Sinai researchers use AI to identify 17 key genes in heart disease

Bird flu tests are hard to get. So how will we know when to sound the pandemic alarm?

Teprotumumab shows long-lasting benefits for thyroid eye disease patients

Glowing marker dye gives medics a 'second pair of eyes' during prostate cancer surgery

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