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Laboratory strives to develop vaccine against malaria
Jonathan Kurtis ’89 PhD’95 MD’96, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, did not first develop an interest in malaria behind a lab bench or as a training physician in a clinical setting. Instead, Kurtis’ bout with the disease during his junior year abroad in Kenya gave him a first-hand look …
Detecting malaria with deep learning
Artificial intelligence combined with open source tools can improve diagnosis of the fatal disease malaria.
Integrated Device Combines Techniques to Detect Malaria
Recombinase polymerase amplification is promising for further development since it operates in a short time frame and produces a product that can be visually detected on a lateral flow dipstick.
Scientists Just Discovered How to Kill Malaria Mosquitoes With Spider Venom
"The results are very good. This could save many lives."
Developing new techniques to build biomaterials
Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed an approach that could help in the design of a new generation of synthetic biomaterials made from proteins.
How Fast Does Leukemia Develop?
Chronic and acute leukemias are completely different diseases, and they progress at different speeds. The way they’re treated can be very different.
Why declining birth rates are a phenomenon in developing countries
As part of our mini-series on fertility, we talk to a demographer about why fertility rates are declining in developing countries.
How You Can (and Can't) Catch the Flu
Flu myth busted! You cannot get the flu from the flu vaccine. Learn more!
Scientists capture how a single cell develops into an embryo
Harvard Medical School researcher Allon Klein and his colleagues used a technique called single-cell sequencing to detail how an egg made of just one cell divides and forms a slew of different cell types.
How Girls Are Developing Earlier In An Age Of 'New Puberty'
Two doctors wrote a book that probes the environmental, biological and socioeconomic factors contributing to early puberty. These girls face risks like anxiety and depression, one author says.
How to Develop This Cutting-Edge Genetic Research Responsibly
From ancient soothsayers to Wall Street stock pickers, humans have always yearned to be able to tell the future. The ability, needless to say, has most ...
Researchers develop new magnetic field sensors for many practical applications
Physicists at Saarland University have developed magnetic field sensors that are breaking sensitivity records and opening up a whole range of potential new applications, from non-contact measurements of the electrical activity in the human heart or brain to detecting ore deposits or archaeological remains deep underground.
Israeli Scientists Develop Bacteria Which "Eat" Carbon Dioxide
These bacteria may help develop future technologies that reduce greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere and fight global warming.
Scientists Develop A Way To Use A Smartphone To Prevent Food Poisoning
Food scientists at the University of Massachussetts Amherst have come up with a technique they say could make it a lot easier to avoid food poisoning. The
Developing new tools to support regulatory use of “Next Gen Sequencing” data
By: Carolyn A. Wilson, Ph.D<br>When you’re thirsty, you don’t want to take a drink from a fire hose. And when scientists are looking for data they don’t want to be knocked over with a flood of information that overwhelms their ability to analyze and make sense of it.<br>That’s especially true of data generated by some types of both human and non-human genome research called Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). This technology produces sets of data that are so large and complex that…
How to Avoid Developing Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy
