Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

AI tools poised to transform global TB detection

Researchers have unveiled new AI tools, from smartphone cough analysis to child-friendly screening systems, which could transform how tuberculosis is detected, monitored and prevented.

Neuroscience

Protein abnormality illuminates communication struggles in autism

A DGIST research team identified that the mutation of the collybistin protein found in autistic patients weakens the brain's inhibitory synaptic function and leads to communication deficiencies. The results of this research ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Childhood trauma may lead to more difficult births

Women who have been exposed to multiple traumatic experiences during childhood have more difficult births than others. They are much more likely to need emergency cesarean sections, suffer major hemorrhages or pre-eclampsia, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Antifungal resistance is making thrush hard to treat. Here's why

Thrush is one of the most common infections in the world. It's caused by the fungi Candida—specifically, the yeast Candida albicans. Although yeast infections are normally treated easily with antifungal drugs, a growing ...

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