Health informatics
Training physicians and algorithms in dermatology diversity
There's a long-standing challenge in dermatology: textbooks, databases, journals and lectures are largely bereft of images that feature darker skin.
Sep 15, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers develop better model to study brain-attacking viruses
A new mouse model identified by virologists from the University of Pittsburgh might revolutionize development of therapies targeting brain inflammation caused by Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV).
Jul 14, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Viruses in the gut may warn of a deadly disease in preterm infants
Immediately after birth, human infants begin to develop a complex, interwoven fabric of microbes in their gut. Known collectively as the gut microbiome, this diverse ecosystem consists of bacteria, archaea, viruses and fungi, ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Genetics
Some hard-to-crack genome areas carry genes that make us distinctly humans
UW Medicine genome scientists were among the leading contributors to the publication of the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome announced this week by the National Human Genome Research Institute.
Mar 31, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Growing up in rural or suburban areas improves spatial navigation
People who grew up in rural or suburban areas have better spatial navigation skills than those raised in cities, particularly cities with grid-pattern streets, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL, University of Lyon ...
Mar 30, 2022
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Health
Global diets are harming human and planetary health
A global diet that increasingly includes ultra-processed foods is having a negative impact on the diversity of plant species available for human consumption while also damaging human and planetary health, according to a commentary ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Most people with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination have T cell immune responses against Omicron variant: study
When an individual is infected with the COVID-19–causing virus SARS-CoV-2, the immune system is called into action to produce antibodies and T cells that target viral proteins and clear the infection. It has become clear ...
Feb 9, 2022
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Genetics
Genomics study helps guide shigella vaccine development
A new genomics study led by the University of Liverpool will help guide the development and use of vaccines against a globally leading cause of severe diarrhea in children: shigella.
Feb 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Incidence estimation from SARS-CoV-2 genomes
A team of researchers from the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History present a novel method for the rapid estimation of incidence trajectories from serially sampled ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Medications
Precision-medicine approach turns up novel drug combination for aggressive leukemias
A new combination of drugs that may have the potential to treat a type of leukemia has been uncovered by a detailed molecular examination of leukemia cells by RIKEN researchers1.
Jun 28, 2021
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