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Blood test predicts psychosis risk, most effective treatments

Team of researchers led by Indiana University School of Medicine faculty have developed a breakthrough new blood test for schizophrenia, a psychiatric disorder that includes hallucinations and delusions.
8-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Could artificial intelligence help or hurt scientific research articles?

Since its introduction to the public in November 2022, ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence system, has substantially grown in use, creating written stories, graphics, art and more with just a short prompt from the user.
6-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

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IU surgeon-scientist studying physiological effect of microorganisms in sinuses of chronic rhinosinusitis patients

An Indiana University School of Medicine surgeon-scientist is leading a multi-institutional grant investigating the role of the sinus microbiome in chronic rhinosinusitis, an inflammatory disease that causes the lining of the sinuses to swell.
2-Feb-2024 7:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Hydroxyurea significantly reduces infections in children with sickle cell anemia

IU School of Medicine investigators and their collaborators in Uganda has revealed that hydroxyurea significantly reduces infections in children with sickle cell anemia, which enhances strong evidence of hydroxyurea’s effectiveness and could...
29-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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$2.8M award to help unravel mysteries of disease-causing DNA folding errors

An Indiana University biologist has been awarded $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health to advance research on DNA folding errors, which have been traced to a wide variety of diseases, including genetic disorders that can cause birth...
16-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Beta blocker used to treat heart problems and other medical concerns could be new treatment for sickle cell cardiomyopathy

A beta blocker typically used to treat heart problems, hemangioma, migraines and anxiety could be a new therapeutic for patients with sickle cell disease.
4-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Barbie!

Since Barbie's creation in the 1950s, she's gone through some drastic makeovers.
20-Dec-2023 9:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

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IU researchers develop new brain network modeling tools to advance Alzheimer's disease research

Indiana University researchers are collaborating on a novel approach to use neuroimaging and network modeling tools previously developed to analyze brains of patients in the clinic to investigate Alzheimer's disease progression in preclinical animal...
1-Dec-2023 7:20 AM EST Add to Favorites


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IU researcher developing new pediatric leukemia therapies

Reuben Kapur, director of the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is working to discover new treatments that will improve patient care.
8-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month; Indiana University experts available for interviews

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s scientists, physician-scientists, and staff are available to offer expertise in treatment innovations, the biology of lung cancers,...
2-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EDT

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Experts available to comment on the potential of a 'tripledemic'

With an uptick in COVID cases and cold and flu season approaching, health experts are warning of a possible "tripledemic". Experts from Indiana University are able to comment.
5-Sep-2023 10:25 AM EDT

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