Medical research
Statistical analyses reveal the shape of epileptic seizures
Pyramidal graphs resulting from statistical analyses of EEG recordings can improve our understanding of epileptic seizures.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a private research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. KAUST was founded in 2009 and focuses on graduate education and research, using English as the official language of instruction. It offers programs in Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering; Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering; and Physical Science and Engineering. It was announced in 2013 that KAUST had one of the fastest growing research and citation records in the world.
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Genetics
Global study links newly named syndrome with other disorders
A new kind of congenital disorder caused by a group of mutations in a gene previously linked only to a rare progressive brain disease has been discovered by an international team co-led by Saudi investigators.
May 20, 2019
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Neuroscience
Clustering helps unlock secrets of the human brain
Environmental science and neuroscience may seem poles apart as research endeavors, but both are underpinned by the need to analyze and interpret enormous datasets capturing complex spatio-temporal processes.
Apr 01, 2019
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Neuroscience
Lactate triggers genes that modify brain activity
A genome-wide study led by Dean Pierre Magistretti sheds light on the mechanisms through which lactate regulates long-term memory formation and neuroprotection.
Feb 12, 2019
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Medical research
Making collective sense of brainwaves
The lack of tools to pinpoint anomalies in large datasets that vary through time sparked a search by KAUST scientists for new efficiencies to help brain research.
Nov 02, 2018
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Neuroscience
Stimulating deeper insights into brain function
Modeling changes in brain activity over time provides deeper insights into learning and behavioral responses. Observing the brain's response to repeated stimuli has helped KAUST researchers develop a method for modeling connectivity ...
Oct 23, 2018
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Neuroscience
Faster computations to visualize the finer details of brain activity in functional brain imaging
A computationally efficient data processing scheme will make it possible to see correlations in brain activity between different parts of the brain at unprecedented resolution. The statistics-based computation scheme, developed ...
Mar 21, 2018
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Medical research
Not just a stem cell marker
The protein CD34 is predominantly regarded as a marker of blood-forming stem cells but it helps with migration to the bone marrow too.
Jan 22, 2018
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Health
Diagnosing the impacts of health policy
A new statistical technique offers a better way to gauge the effectiveness of complex healthcare interventions.
Nov 20, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Herbal medicine shows potential to treat cancer
Researchers from KAUST have been searching locally for plants that have potential for use to combat cancer. Now, three plants used for traditional medicine in Saudi Arabia are shown to be worthy of further investigation for ...
Aug 07, 2017
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