The Sino-Tibetan language family consists of more than 400 languages spoken by around 1.4 billion speakers worldwide, including major world…
Bacteria-causing infections can be detected more rapidly
Chemists have developed a fluorescent probe, BacGo that can detect Gram-positive bacteria precisely and promptly. The research team used bacterial…
AI can detect depression in a child’s speech
A machine learning algorithm can detect signs of anxiety and depression in the speech patterns of young children, potentially providing…
Huntington drug successfully lowers levels of disease-causing protein, study shows
An international clinical trial has found that a new drug for Huntington disease is safe, and that treatment with the…
Pigment-producing stem cells can regenerate vital part of nervous system
Neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) affect millions of people worldwide and occur when parts of the nervous system lose…
Drug candidate for reversing mucosal barrier damage by HIV
Investigators tested a laboratory-made version of a naturally occurring protein (recombinant fragment of human Surfactant Protein D or rfhSP-D) on…
New computational tool improves gene identification
Looking to improve the identification of genes associates with disease, a research team has developed a new bioinformatics tool that…
Lifestyle factors that could harden arteries
A new study pinpoints lifestyle factors that could lead to hardened arteries.
Low-cost intervention boosts undergraduate interest in computer science
A recent study finds that an online intervention taking less than 30 minutes significantly increased interest in computer science for…
Pushing early beta-cell proliferation can halt autoimmune attack in type 1 diabetes model
Researchers have found that increasing the proliferation and turnover of beta cells before signs of type 1 diabetes could halt…