[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 16, 2020 Researchers from the Anschutz Medical Campus at the University of Colorado found that many pregnant black American women have low levels of choline, an essential nutrient that aids prenatal brain development. The stress caused by institutional racism can play a role. The …
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[ad_1] (Illustration by Wendolyn Hill) The era of functional genomics has allowed scientists to analyze huge amounts of data on cellular activity in disease and health. The more this data is shared between labs, the more power scientists have to find disease-related genes. This widespread sharing of functional genomics data, …
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[ad_1] Dealing with a global pandemic has put a strain on the mental health of millions of people. A team of researchers from MIT and Harvard University has shown that they can measure these effects by analyzing the language people use to express their anxiety online. Using machine learning to …
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