The CORD7 mutation found in humans increases verbal IQ and working memory

The CORD7 Mutation Found in Humans Increases Verbal IQ and Working Memory

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Share: The CORD7 Mutation Found in Humans Increases Verbal IQ and Working Memory Intelligence in its rawest form is not equally distributed among the human population. While many can critically think and problem solve, others lack these skillsets. However, what is known is that just like height, eye color, and the shape of our nose, […]

Injectable Electrodes Could Prevent Deadly Heart Arrhythmias

Prevent Deadly Heart Arrhythmias?

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Share: Prevent Deadly Heart Arrhythmias? Heart disease and the complications caused by heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. The Center for Disease Control reports that someone in the US dies of a heart attack every 40 seconds, and approximately 805,000 people in the US have a heart attack annually. While […]

New philanthropic venture provides free open access software

New Philanthropic Venture Provides Free Open Access Software

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Share: New philanthropic venture provides free open access software to help university scientist remain on the cutting edge of research A new 40-million-dollar philanthropic initiative named “Virtual institute for Scientific Software” was created by Eric Schmidt (former Google CEO) and Wendy Schmidt, hoping to bridge the gap between academic institutions and the lack of software […]

Using AI to Solve the Misfolded Protein Riddle

Using AI to Solve the Misfolded Protein Riddle

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Share: Using AI to Solve the Misfolded Protein Riddle One of the most daunting challenges in drug discovery is finding drugs for proteins that misfold. The primary drug design objective is for a small drug molecules to be able to enter an active site and block an enzyme’s or ion channel’s normal function, inhibiting its […]

New Method for Insulin Delivery Using Stem Cells

New Method for Insulin Delivery Using Stem Cells

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Share: New Method for Insulin Delivery Using Stem Cells There are many types of diabetes mellitus including juvenile-onset diabetes (type 1), adult-onset diabetes (type 2), and diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes). The underlying mechanism of all diabetes is dysfunctional or non-existent excretion of insulin from the islet cells of the pancreas or insulin insensitivity at […]

Takotsubo Syndrome in the United States

Takotsubo Syndrome in the United States

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Share: Takotsubo Syndrome in the United States Valentine’s Day is a holiday empowered by love, romance, wine, and chocolate with the underlying sentiment of celebrating newfound or long-term romantic relationships. According to Greek mythos, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs, and one head with two faces. Zeus fearing their power split them […]