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New Algorithms Could Improve Pediatric Tuberculosis Diagnosis

Tuberculosis stands as one of the leading causes of death among young people across the world.

New Paper Highlights Approach to Restructuring Medical Education in Liberia

In 2015, at the end of the Ebola crisis, Liberia had just 80 physicians providing care for a population of over four million, one of the lowest physician-to-population ratios worldwide.

Boosting Survival of A Beneficial Bacterium In The Human Gut

Yale researchers uncovered a novel mechanism by which “good” bacteria colonize the gut. The finding could help spur the development of new probiotic therapies.

UCLA Study on Immune Cell Response Could Lead To More Effective Immunotherapy

UCLA researchers have identified and analyzed the steps by which immune cells “see” and respond to cancer cells, providing insights into reasons some treatments may be effective for certain patients but not others.

Splicing Deregulation Detected and Targeted in Type of Childhood Leukemia

In some children, pediatric acute myeloid leukemia can become resistant to treatment; UC San Diego researchers think they now know why.

Complex Learned Social Behavior Discovered in Bee’s ‘Waggle Dance’

Researchers find that learning and culture are needed for one of the most intricate forms of communication known outside humans

Researchers Extract First Layered Lake-Sediment Sample from Subglacial Antarctica

Scripps Oceanography alumnus and colleagues describe the sample's importance in understanding past dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet and its ecosystems

How Evolution Overshot The Optimum Bone Structure In Hopping Rodents

Bones that are separate in small jerboas are fully fused in large ones, but the bone structures that are best at dissipating the stresses of jumping are only partially fused

Seeing Electron Movement At Fastest Speed Ever Could Help Unlock Next-Level Quantum Computing

New technique could enable processing speeds a million to a billion times faster than today's computers and spur progress in many-body physics

A High-Sugar Diet Decreases Sweetness In Rats

For many people, a high-sugar diet has become almost accidental.

Missing Pathway In Lysosome Underlies Newly Discovered Human Disease

In a rare disease called mucolipidosis type II, people’s hearts and abdomens swell, and their bones grow malformed.

Not Enough: Protecting Algae-Eating Fish Insufficient To Save Imperiled Coral Reefs, Study Concludes

How can we boost the resilience of the world’s coral reefs, which are imperiled by multiple stresses including mass bleaching events linked to climate warming?

UVA Creates Shining ‘KSTAR’ to Guide Cancer Treatments

UVA Health Cancer Center researchers have developed an algorithm that will improve cancer care by quickly and easily identifying patients who will benefit from powerful cancer drugs called kinase inhibitors.

Minorities Face Longer Waits for Vital Lung Cancer Treatment: Study

A new study has revealed significant racial disparities in how quickly minorities with the most common form of lung cancer receive potentially lifesaving radiation therapy compared with their white counterparts.

Discovery Holds Key to Boosting Brain’s Ability to Fight Alzheimer’s, MS

UVA Health researchers have discovered a molecule in the brain responsible for orchestrating the immune system’s responses to Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), potentially allowing doctors to supercharge the body’s ability to fight those and other devastating neurological diseases.

UVA Discovers Driver of High Blood Pressure

School of Medicine researchers have identified a key contributor to high blood pressure that could lead to new treatments for a condition which affects almost half of American adults.

Potential Biological Cause for Postpartum Depression Found

Newly discovered biological changes in mothers who suffer postpartum depression may help explain the condition, yield long-sought treatments and let doctors identify those at risk even before their babies are born.

How ‘Prediction Markets’ Could Improve Climate Risk Policies And Investment Decisions

A pivotal new study has shown that a market-led approach could be key to ensuring governments and businesses are properly informed about their exposure to future climate risks.

Expressing ‘True Self’ May Prove Elusive For Transitioning Employees

Trans employees who are transitioning in the workplace go through a complex process of ‘endless becoming’, according to a new study.

First Exoplanet Image From James Webb Space Telescope Revealed

Astronomers from the University of Exeter have led the effort to capture the first-ever direct image of an exoplanet using the pioneering James Webb Space Telescope.