AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoAlzheimer’s Research: A study of nearly 2.8 million people identified 48 previously unreported genetic regions linked to Alzheimer’s risk, highlighting brain immune cells and neurons as possible paths to future treatments. AI for Science: The University of Chicago and Caltech announced a new computing network and research platform to expand scientific AI. Disease Models: Texas State geneticists received a $3 million NIH grant to develop platyfish and swordtails as models for human diseases, including cancer and neurological disorders. Battery Science: Researchers found electron beams can grow sodium metal crystals, while revealing how microscope imaging may alter battery materials. Dinosaur Biology: New chemical and imaging analyses found the strongest evidence yet of red blood cells preserved in a 115-million-year-old dinosaur bone. Antiviral Research: A UC Riverside-led team identified interactions in the coronavirus genome that could point to drug targets less vulnerable to viral mutation.
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