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Patients with MS show structural abnormalities in their white matter even before MS inflammation develops. This is the conclusion of a new study by the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) in Amsterdam and the Max Planck Institute…

Elana Gotkine FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who spend less time in slow-wave sleep have a higher burden of white matter abnormalities,…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The reliability and security of power distribution systems is a critical infrastructure issue that can…

Myriad Genetics continues to advance non-invasive prenatal screening with Prequel® and the forthcoming FirstGene™ test using AMPLIFY™ technology SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc., (NASDAQ: MYGN), a…

Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have found that even subtle forms of liver disease directly impact heart health. The findings, recently published in the journal Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, help further…

In a study using specialized imaging techniques, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report distinctive changes in the "white matter" and other brain tissue physiology of those with post-treatment Lyme disease, a condition affecting 10% to…

There are just over 3 million Americans with epilepsy who experience seizures due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. A smaller group of people also have seizures not caused by epilepsy -- known by many names, including functional…

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) today announced the publication of the first study to use optical genome mapping (OGM) to analyze the impact of chromothripsis (cth) and TP53…

A new prenatal test developed by researchers at Columbia University Fertility Center can determine if a fetus or embryo has the right number of chromosomes at a fraction of the time and cost of currently available clinical genetic tests.…

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can detect subtle brain abnormalities which cause epileptic seizures has been developed by a UCL-led team of international researchers. The Multicentre Epilepsy Lesion Detection project (MELD)…