Scientists develop new AI model to discover genetic risk factors for motor neurone disease – ET HealthWorld

Scientists develop new AI model to discover genetic risk factors for motor neurone disease – ET HealthWorld

LONDON: Scientists have developed a new machine learning model for the discovery of genetic risk factors for ailments such as Motor Neurone Disease. Designed by researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK and the Stanford University School of Medicine in the US, the machine learning tool, RefMap, has been used by the team … Read more

Japanese Scientists Discover New Disease Carried by Ticks

Japanese Scientists Discover New Disease Carried by Ticks

By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Scientists in Japan have discovered yet another tick-borne virus that can make people sick. The Yezo virus is transmitted by tick bites, and triggers fever and a reduction in blood platelets and white blood cells. “At least seven people have been infected with this … Read more

Scientists Discover New Organs in the Throat

Scientists Discover New Organs in the Throat

Ot. 21, 2020 — Dutch researchers have found what might be a set of previously unknown large salivary glands in the space where the nasal cavity meets the throat, the New York Times reported Monday. If confirmed, these glands could be the first of their kind discovered in about 300 years. Modern anatomy books … Read more

In a first, scientists discover comet having own northern lights

In a first, scientists discover comet having own northern lights

The Rosetta mission of the European Space Agency and the ANational Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has dicovered a comet which has its own “far-ultraviolet aurora”. The comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – Chury for short – is one of a kind as it is the for the time that an ultraviolet aurora has been detected on … Read more