April 24, 2024
In Gaurav Chopra’s lab, discovery starts with a conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) agent manager that helps to plan, execute and analyze experiments. Researchers chat in natural language and make a query, perhaps asking to design a drug for a particular target or synthesize a specific molecule. The tool — an AI agent manager — identifies all the resources to fulfill the task and communicates with lower-level agents that represent an instrument in the lab; or domain- or task-specific knowledge; or analysis AI and constructs a workflow to address the query given the resources available in the lab.
Purdue News: Accelerating scientific and drug discovery in an AI-powered lab
April 22, 2024
Purdue University researchers are developing and validating a patent-pending treatment for incurable glioblastoma brain tumors. Glioblastomas are almost always lethal with a median survival time of 14 months. Traditional methods used against other cancers, like chemotherapy and immunotherapy, are often ineffective on glioblastoma.
Purdue News: Genetically engineering a treatment for incurable brain tumors
April 19, 2024
The thrust of Satya Ambike’s research focuses on the biomechanics and control of “task switching” in Parkinson’s disease (PD) as well as finding easier ways of differentiating the neurodegenerative disorder from common physical issues — such as avoiding obstacles while walking — that come with old age. Ambike, an associate professor in the Purdue University Department of Health and Kinesiology (HK), is collaborating in multiple ongoing projects on physical ailments that present themselves in most PD patients — impaired dexterity or hand strength, and less adaptable locomotion or walking.
Purdue News: HEALTH AND KINESIOLOGY RESEARCHER FOCUSES ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE
April 15, 2024
For women in whom gene testing finds “harmful changes” in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, leading medical groups recommend that they take specific actions to lower their chances of being diagnosed with or dying from breast and ovarian cancer. Results from two recent large studies now add to findings from earlier studies suggesting that following those recommendations can reduce the risk of dying from these cancers.
Studies Assess Impact of Cancer Risk-Reduction Measures for People with BRCA Changes
April 10, 2024
Undertaking the majority of daily physical activity in the evening is linked to the greatest health benefits for people living with obesity, according to researchers who followed the trajectory of 30,000 people over almost 8 years.
Does the time of day you move your body make a difference to your health?
April 10, 2024
A new review of research evidence has explored the key differences in how women and men sleep, variations in their body clocks, and how this affects their metabolism.
Research uncovers differences between men and women in sleep, circadian rhythms and metabolism
April 10, 2024
Researchers showed that AI assistance potentially could improve breast-cancer screening by reducing the number of false positives without missing true positives.
AI-assisted breast-cancer screening may reduce unnecessary testing
April 10, 2024
Tests currently in development seek to offer greater accuracy and reach more people.
April 9, 2024
A new expert consensus statement aims to improve endometriosis evaluation. Endometriosis is a common condition with substantial diagnostic delay, leading patients to experience pain, infertility, lost wages and interrupted relationships. The consensus provides recommendations for augmenting routine pelvic ultrasounds through additional maneuvers and imaging to improve diagnosis of deep endometriosis.
New consensus statement aims to improve endometriosis evaluation
April 8, 2024
The Purdue Women’s Global Health Institute (WGHI) has awarded four 2024 research grants through its Women’s Health Research Pilot Grant Program. The Purdue projects address health issues that are critical to women throughout the world.
Purdue News: Women’s Global Health Institute awards four women’s health research grants
