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4-Dec-2024

AI-enabled analysis of images meant to catch one disease can reveal others

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With the help of an AI tool, computed tomography (CT) scans taken originally to look for tumors or bleeding or infections, also revealed calcium buildup in arteries, a sign of worsening cardiovascular disease.

Journal: Bone
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health
Meeting: 110th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America

4-Dec-2024

A chip to measure immunity

University of California - Davis
Grant and Award Announcement

Every winter, influenza returns with a new variant. People who have previously been infected with or vaccinated against flu may have some protection, but this depends on how well their immune system’s “memory” of the previous virus or vaccine cross-reacts with the new variant. At present, there is no good way to measure this. A new NIH-funded project by researchers at UC Davis and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health aims to solve that problem with a new device to measure this immune system “memory” in the blood.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

4-Dec-2024

Protecting the health of wildlife ecosystems

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The plague is one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history. An estimated 50 million Europeans died from it in the mid-1300s when it was known as the “Black Death.”

Thanks to improved sanitation, public health measures and antibiotics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now reports an average of only seven human cases of plague in the U.S. each year. While humans are largely safe from it, particularly in the eastern half of the U.S., the disease continues to wipe out prairie dog colonies and infect other rodents in the western half of the U.S.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

4-Dec-2024

Study exposes link between genetic risk of depression and heart disease in women

University of Queensland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women who have a high genetic risk of depression are more likely to develop heart disease, University of Queensland researchers have found.

Journal: Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council, American Heart Association, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute, National Health and Medical Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council, National Heart Foundation of Australia (Heart Foundation), Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

4-Dec-2024

Study uses game theory to rethink our pandemic responses

Dartmouth College
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dartmouth researchers use game theory to propose a new way of thinking about masking and social distancing rules that is more responsive to public sentiment and may help increase cooperation. The study is the first to consider mask wearing and social distancing as competing actions that people respond to differently, which would give public health officials more flexibility to adapt to epidemics.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health