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One Health: Using cross-species genomic analyses to track population health
2025-02-21
Our genome determines some of our individual physical traits — like the color of our eyes — but what can it tell us about our health as a population?
How mosquitos hear may inspire new ways to detect natural disasters
2025-02-21
One of nature’s most disliked creatures may very well unlock a breakthrough in disaster response.
Tackling Alzheimer’s: Purdue scientists map genetic risks for women
2025-02-19
An interdisciplinary team of Purdue researchers has made significant strides in uncovering genetic and biological factors that contribute to Alzheimer’s—particularly in women.
One Health: Control of protein folding strikes at the root of disease
2025-02-11
The shared culprit in a slew of diseases — cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes — is molecules our cells have made incorrectly.
Purdue researchers advance RNA medical discovery decades ahead of schedule
2025-02-11
The program they developed, named NuFold, will help bridge the gap of scarcity in the library of RNA structures by using computational modeling.