By switching 'bait,' biologists trick plants' bacterial defense into...
Scientists at Indiana University have modified a plant gene that normally fights bacterial infection to confer resistance to a virus.
View ArticleEnhanced levels of carbon dioxide are likely cause of global dryland...
Enhanced levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are a likely key driver of global dryland greening, according to a paper published today in the journal Scientific Reports.
View ArticleCommercial weight loss system expands diabetes prevention access
A new randomized controlled study conducted by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and published online today in the American Journal of Public Health found that adults with prediabetes...
View ArticleExtracting value from chaos: The promise of health information technology
Expectations for health information technology abound. A paper from the Regenstrief Institute takes a sweeping look at a variety of categories of health IT including electronic medical records; health...
View ArticleStudy finds consistent link between violent crime and concealed-carry gun...
The first study to find a significant relationship between firearm crime and subsequent applications for, and issuance of, concealed-carry gun permits has been published in the Journal of Interpersonal...
View ArticleResearchers discover that human hair and nails can tell toxic secrets
Chemicals used as flame retardants that are potentially harmful to humans are found in hair, toenails and fingernails, according to new research from Indiana University.
View ArticleGeochemists show experimental verification of principle of detailed balance
Geochemists at Indiana University and Virginia Tech have developed and demonstrated a technique for assessing the validity of a principle that has long been important in thermodynamics and chemical...
View ArticleBiochemist finds solution to 'acid shock' in craft brewers' sour beer production
Indiana University researchers have found that conditions common in the production of certain types of craft beers can inhibit the successful production of these brews, risking a growing segment of an...
View ArticleResearch team develops social app to support Alzheimer's caregivers
Every day, more than 15 million unpaid caregivers provide care to people with Alzheimer's disease, with little outside support and often at the risk of their own health.
View ArticleThe right stuff? Hospital readmission penalties approaching for nursing home...
A significant number of older adults are not ready to go home when they leave the hospital. About one-fifth are discharged to one of the nation's 15,000 skilled nursing facilities for rehabilitative...
View ArticleResearchers identify objective predictors of suicidality in women
Researchers have identified blood-based biomarkers and developed questionnaire-based apps that may help clinicians identify which of their female patients being treated for psychiatric disorders are at...
View ArticleNew low-cost workforce extends primary care to homes of older adults
A new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute has found that person-centered dementia care, which involves both patients and their caregivers, can be...
View ArticleStrategies and milestones for Alzheimer's patient and caregiver support outlined
The National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) was signed into law in 2011. Over the past five years milestones have been identified to meet the plan's biomedical research goal. However, similar...
View ArticleBrain scans link physical changes to cognitive risks of widely used class of...
Older adults might want to avoid a using class of drugs commonly used in over-the-counter products such as nighttime cold medicines due to their links to cognitive impairment, a research team led by...
View ArticleHalf of long-stay nursing home residents go to hospital ED regardless of...
A new study from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute has found that almost half of all long-stay nursing home residents experience at least one transfer to an...
View ArticleStudy finds machine learning as good as humans' in cancer surveillance
Machine learning has come of age in public health reporting according to researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana...
View ArticleInfant attention span suffers when parents' eyes wander during playtime,...
Caregivers whose eyes wander during playtime—due to distractions such as smartphones or other technology, for example—may raise children with shorter attention spans, according to a new study by...
View ArticleLargest-ever analysis of microbial data reveals ecological law concluding...
Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified, according to a study from biologists at Indiana University.
View ArticleStudy finds hospice use does not increase long stay nursing home decedents'...
Use of hospice services does not increase care costs in the last six months of life for long-stay nursing homes residents according to an analysis conducted by researchers from the Indiana University...
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