This study presents SynaptoGen, a differentiable extension of connectome models that links gene expression, protein-protein interaction probabilities, synaptic multiplicity, and synaptic weights, and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carlos Gershenson, Binghamton University, State University of New York (THE ...

Tiny lab-grown “mini brains” are no longer just a futuristic curiosity. By capturing the electrical chatter of neurons in a ...

But common sense and the precautionary principle suggest that it is too early for AI to prescribe drugs without human oversight. And the fact that mistakes may be baked into the technology could mean ...

Every Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of a child born into oppression – an occupied land, a climate of political ...

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been diagnosed from the outside in, through behavior, mood, and memory ...

Automation in healthcare means using smart technology, like computers and robots, to do tasks that people used to do. This ...

As Neanderthals had dominated Europe for hundreds of thousands of years, the arrival of Homo sapiens 45,000 years ago marked the beginning of their sudden disappearance. The causes of this extinction ...

After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new framework called "exposomics." Similar to the way scientists work to map ...

A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how. If you’re near Rochester, New York, the ...