Eduardo Miranda awarded 2026 Bruce Bolt Medal
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MIT researchers developed a miniaturized ultrasound system that could make it easier for ultrasounds to be performed more often, either at home or at a doctor’s office. The system could help more breast tumors to be diagnosed at earlier stages.
Although scientists have known some of the factors that raise a person’s risk of Parkinson's disease, the question remains of why some people with genetic risk factors develop the disease while others never do. A team at Baylor College of Medicine, the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital and collaborating institutions found in the laboratory fruit fly that it takes two mutant genes to drive neurodegeneration. The findings can lead to novel interventions for this devastating condition.