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Newswise: New Alzheimer's Studies Reveal Disease Biology, Risk for Progression, and the Potential for a Novel Blood Test
Released: 18-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
New Alzheimer's Studies Reveal Disease Biology, Risk for Progression, and the Potential for a Novel Blood Test
Indiana University

Two new papers by an international team of researchers demonstrate that evaluating microRNAs in blood can be used not only to diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI) but also to predict the conversion from MCI to dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.

Newswise: $7.5 million grant to guard against AI-driven misinformation
Released: 4-Sep-2024 10:00 AM EDT
$7.5 million grant to guard against AI-driven misinformation
Indiana University

A $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will support research by Indiana University scientist and collaborators across the country into AI’s potential to strengthen the psychological impact of online communications, such as misinformation and radicalizing messages, potentially leading to methods to counteract their influence. 

Newswise: New research explores the urea cycle’s strong connection to fatty liver disease
Released: 14-Aug-2024 8:00 AM EDT
New research explores the urea cycle’s strong connection to fatty liver disease
Indiana University

An Indiana University School of Medicine physician scientist is making strides in understanding the molecular origins of fatty liver disease, a leading cause of liver failure in the United States.

Newswise: IU-led early-onset Alzheimer's study expands globally
Released: 13-Aug-2024 7:30 AM EDT
IU-led early-onset Alzheimer's study expands globally
Indiana University

The largest study of early-onset Alzheimer's disease in the United States is expanding internationally, becoming one of the largest programs of its kind in the world.

Newswise: Comprehensive atlas of normal breast cells offers new tool for understanding breast cancer origin
Released: 12-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Comprehensive atlas of normal breast cells offers new tool for understanding breast cancer origin
Indiana University

Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have completed the most extensive mapping of healthy breast cells to date. These findings offer an important tool for researchers at IU and beyond to understand how breast cancer develops and the differences in breast tissue among genetic ancestries.

Newswise: IU-led research project aims to improve speed, energy efficiency of AI language training
Released: 9-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
IU-led research project aims to improve speed, energy efficiency of AI language training
Indiana University

Researchers in linguistics and mathematics are working to adapt the natural language processing algorithms that power AI’s ability to interact with people using normal speech to quantum computers.

Released: 9-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Black employees more likely to experience depression after workplace mistreatment
Indiana University

Workplace mistreatment results in higher rates of depression and sleep loss in Black employees than white employees according to research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in Bloomington.

   
Newswise: New gene therapy approach shows promise for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Released: 25-Jul-2024 7:30 AM EDT
New gene therapy approach shows promise for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Indiana University

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have made a significant breakthrough in developing a new gene therapy approach that restores full-length dystrophin protein, which could lead to new treatments for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Released: 24-Jun-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Exploitation of supply chain monitoring loopholes fueled US opioid epidemic, study finds
Indiana University

New research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business explains how pharmaceutical companies were able to saturate the country with massive quantities of opioids, despite efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration to regulate their supply.

Newswise: Acute myeloid leukemia discovery tackles drug-resistant gene mutations
Released: 20-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Acute myeloid leukemia discovery tackles drug-resistant gene mutations
Indiana University

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators have uncovered molecular insights expected to enhance treatment options for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a rare and severe blood and bone marrow cancer.

Newswise: $2.6 million in grant funding to support research on genetic causes of blindness
Released: 18-Jun-2024 8:00 AM EDT
$2.6 million in grant funding to support research on genetic causes of blindness
Indiana University

Indiana University School of Medicine’s Yoshikazu Imanishi, PhD, was recently awarded a four-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Eye Institute and a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness to study genetic causes of blindness.

Newswise: Investors generally underestimated the risk and impact of hurricanes, prior to feeling “Superstorm” Sandy’s fury on Wall Street
Released: 4-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Investors generally underestimated the risk and impact of hurricanes, prior to feeling “Superstorm” Sandy’s fury on Wall Street
Indiana University

In a paper forthcoming in the Journal of Finance, professors at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, studied firm-level exposures to hurricanes over a 24-year period to better understand how extreme weather events impact performance in financial markets as measured by option and stock prices.

Newswise:Video Embedded chemotherapy-type-can-be-personalized-to-decrease-harmful-side-effects-for-black-patients-with-breast-cancer
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Released: 3-Jun-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Chemotherapy type can be personalized to decrease harmful side effects for Black patients with breast cancer
Indiana University

Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and the IU School of Medicine have discovered that Black patients with breast cancer who are treated with a chemotherapy called docetaxel experience less of a harmful side effect called peripheral neuropathy. Their findings represent an important shift in knowledge about a patient population who've historically been underrepresented in breast cancer research.

Newswise: IU School of Medicine researchers to present respiratory therapy advancements at ATS 2024
Released: 17-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
IU School of Medicine researchers to present respiratory therapy advancements at ATS 2024
Indiana University

Researchers will showcase promising respiratory disease research at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2024 International Conference and ATS 2024 Respiratory Innovation Summit (RIS), May 17-22 in San Diego, California.

Newswise: Biomarker found to help identify cells that can repair damaged blood vessels
Released: 8-May-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Biomarker found to help identify cells that can repair damaged blood vessels
Indiana University

Researchers have discovered a protein marker to help identify cells able to repopulate in patients with damaged blood vessels. Their findings, recently published in Circulation, could lead to new therapies for people with endothelial dysfunction, a type of disorder that contributes to coronary artery disease that may occlude with plaque and lack ability to carry sufficient blood into the heart tissue causing a heart attack.

Newswise: $2.7 million grant to explore hypoxia’s impact on blood stem cells
Released: 26-Apr-2024 8:00 AM EDT
$2.7 million grant to explore hypoxia’s impact on blood stem cells
Indiana University

Indiana University School of Medicine scientists are on a mission to understand why hematopoietic stem cells, responsible for producing all types of mature blood cells, exhibit better responses in a low-oxygen environment within the bone marrow, also known as hypoxia.

Newswise: Newly discovered alteration of brain network condition could possibly predict extremely painful vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with sickle cell disease
Released: 24-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Newly discovered alteration of brain network condition could possibly predict extremely painful vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with sickle cell disease
Indiana University

A new study led by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers found a brain network condition called “explosive synchronization” could be the cause of extreme pain crises in people with sickle cell disease.



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