Scientists at deCODE genetics have published a study in Nature Communications, comparing over 110 thousand patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) from Iceland, Finland, UK and U.S. with 1.1 million controls.
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Researchers have identified a new mutation in the ARPP21 gene that could be the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a devastating neurodegenerative disease.
Researchers identify new mutation in gene linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Cambridge scientists have developed an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs of dementia will remain stable or develop Alzheimer's disease.
Artificial intelligence outperforms clinical tests at predicting progress of Alzheimer's disease
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A group of scientists at UCL have successfully created mechanical force sensors directly in the developing brains and spinal cords of chicken embryos, which they hope will improve understanding and prevention of birth malformations such as spina bifida.
New study used 3D-printed sensors to measure spinal cord malformations in embryos
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Infections and neurodegenerative diseases cause inflammation in the brain. But for unknown reasons, patients with brain inflammation often develop muscle problems that seem to be independent of the central nervous system.
Scientists identify possible way to block muscle fatigue in long COVID, other diseases
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Researchers from University of California San Diego have found that two of the most frequently administered stem cell therapies, which are often used interchangeably, actually contain completely different types of cells.
All stem cell therapies are not created equally: Some don't have many stem cells at all, researchers find
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Over 700,000 people in the UK have glaucoma and it is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide.
Biomarkers reveal how patients with glaucoma may respond to treatment
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Combining the principles of evolution with artificial intelligence (AI), scientists have proposed a new way to predict the chance of prostate cancer returning.
New tool combines evolution and AI to predict prostate cancer recurrence more than a decade ahead
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Using health data from almost 213,000 Americans who experienced reinfections, researchers have found that severe infections from the virus that causes COVID-19 tend to foreshadow similar severity of infection the next time a person contracts the disease.
Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection
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A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker to accurately predict and monitor the clinical status of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who have undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS), a rapidly emerging therapeutic approach for severe psychiatric disorders.
Researchers discover a new neural biomarker for obsessive-compulsive disorder
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