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Oct 2025
Advancing disease research with AI and Bayesian modeling at UT Arlington
Artificial intelligence can solve problems at remarkable speed, but it's the people developing the algorithms who are truly driving discovery.
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Oct 2025
Prehabilitation program for older adults shows potential to improve postoperative outcomes
A pilot study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that a prehabilitation program that combines physical therapy, nutrition, and mindset support in the weeks leading up to major elective surgery is feasible and has the potential to improve postoperative outcomes.
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Oct 2025
Protected areas of defined geographic zones may have unintended impacts on children’s diet
Protected areas of defined geographic zones can slow biodiversity loss and bolster conversation efforts, but they may have unintended impacts on the diets of children who live nearby, according to new research from scientists at Penn State.
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Oct 2025
$4 million grant supports effort to turn enzyme-targeting science into treatments for Cryptosporidium infections
A University of Houston professor has received nearly $4 million in new support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to lead a translational effort turning enzyme-targeting science into urgently needed treatments for Cryptosporidium infections – which are caused by a life-threatening pathogen and have no existing cure.
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Oct 2025
Discovery opens up new avenues for treating rotavirus infections
Rotavirus causes severe dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young children, contributing to more than 128,500 deaths per year globally despite widespread vaccination efforts.
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Oct 2025
How multiple genetic variants shape clinical outcomes in complex disorders
The genetic roots of a disease or disorder do not always grow into clear cut, easily diagnosed clinical features.
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Oct 2025
SMOC1 gene plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 diabetes
Scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S., and a leading research center for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses, have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) by converting pancreatic cells that normally produce insulin into those that increase blood sugar.
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Oct 2025
SCAI releases comprehensive roadmap for intracardiac echocardiography in structural heart disease
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has published a comprehensive roadmap that details the use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) to guide structural heart disease (SHD) interventions for clinicians.
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Oct 2025
Tanzania turns to mass dog vaccination and smarter surveillance against rabies spread
Salama Issa watched in helpless shock as her seven-year-old son was set upon by a stray dog in Mmongo village, in the Lindi region of Tanzania.
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Oct 2025
Deregulated miR-145 and miR-27b impact adipogenesis in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome
A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 9 of Aging-US on August 27, 2025, titled, "Deregulated miR-145 and miR-27b in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome: implications for adipogenesis."
