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Study in Mice Reveals that Body’s Own Defense Against ALS Actually Drives Disease Progression at Later Stages

Study in Mice Reveals that Body’s Own Defense Against ALS Actually Drives Disease Progression at Later Stages

September 13, 2017
medicine   neuroscience  

A new study in mice reveals that one of the body’s natural defenses against ALS suppresses disease progression early on, but in later stages advances the disease’s deadly spread through the spinal cord.

Huge DNA Databases Reveal the Recent Evolution of Humans

Huge DNA Databases Reveal the Recent Evolution of Humans

September 13, 2017

A new study of two massive genetic databases suggests genetic mutations that shorten lifespans have been weeded out since, and are possibly still in the process of being weeded out today.

‘Pangeo’ Project Will Improve Access to Climate Data

‘Pangeo’ Project Will Improve Access to Climate Data

September 13, 2017
climate change   data science  

The better climate models become, the harder it is to use them. Researchers at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and their colleagues are working to fix that.

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