IBM announced its researchers have used big data analytics to assess the impact of infected animal carriers, or an animal reservoir, in the spread of the Ebola virus in a way not been previously done for earlier disease models. ...
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More than 50 million people of all ages suffer from epilepsy, otherwise known as seizure disorder, the fourth most common neurological disease in the world. Patients diagnosed with epilepsy often experience recurrent seizures ...
Mar 22, 2017
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As the valves in a heart stretch with each beat, their cells take in life-giving oxygen. But if the supply is cut off, aortic and mitral valves use different strategies to compensate, according to Rice University scientists.
Dec 20, 2016
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The delay between the time when a disease outbreak becomes possible and when it actually happens depends chiefly on how frequently infection is introduced to the population and how quickly the number of cases caused by a ...
Nov 1, 2016
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The maths of collective behavior has provided a new technique for selecting the best semen for artificial insemination in livestock.
Oct 14, 2016
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Oxford researchers are developing a tool to make it much easier and cheaper to diagnose pneumonia—the number one killer of children under 5. Their latest research is published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Aug 2, 2016
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In their mission to design new biomaterials that promote tissue regeneration, Drexel University researchers have identified how inflammation, when precisely controlled, is crucial to bone repair.
Jul 29, 2016
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ach year, approximately 700,000 people die from drug-resistant bacterial infections. A study by UCLA life scientists could be a major step toward combating drug-resistant infections.
Jul 22, 2016
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Two-way communication between cancer cells appears to be key to their becoming motile, clustering and spreading through metastasis, according to Rice University scientists.
May 19, 2016
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A pioneering new study has revealed how an individual's movement can give a unique insight into their inherent personality traits.
Mar 22, 2016
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