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Using machine learning, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have identified several patterns of maternal autoantibodies highly associated with the diagnosis and severity of autism.
Their study, published Jan. 22 in
Molecular Psychiatry, specifically focused on maternal autoantibody-related autism spectrum disorder (MAR ASD), a condition accounting for around 20% of all autism cases. The implications from this study are tremendous, said Judy Van de Water, a professor of rheumatology, allergy and clinical immunology at UC Davis and the lead author of the study. It s the first time that machine learning has been used to identify with 100% accuracy MAR ASD-specific patterns as potential biomarkers of ASD risk.
STEM CAMPAIGN
HOPE IN SIGHT: A team of scientists from Dundee, the University of Texas and the City of Hope Cancer Center in LA will look to build on recent discoveries. AN acclaimed academic from the University of Dundee is set to benefit from a new million-dollar international award to help find more effective treatments with fewer side effects for Ewing’s sarcoma – a rare type of cancer that mainly affects children and young people. Professor Kevin Hiom, from the University’s School of Medicine, will jointly lead a transatlantic team of scientists who were awarded a Paediatric Cancer New Discoveries Challenge award of almost $1million, approximately £770,000.
Ten researchers get UGC Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Staff Correspondent
10th December, 2020 12:20:11
University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh has awarded UGC Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2020-2021 to country’s 10 researchers. The decision was taken at a meeting of UGC Post-Doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee held recently with UGC Chairman Professor Dr. Kazi Shahidullah in the chair.
UGC Post Doctoral Fellows were- Professor Dr. Mesbah Uddin Ahmed (Mesbah Kamal), Department of History, Dhaka University, Professor Dr. Md. Golam Rabbane, Chairman, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Dhaka University, Professor Dr. Mohammad Nurul Islam, Department of Arabic, Chittagong University, Professor Dr. Sharmin Sultana, Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Professor Dr. Milton Biswas, Department of Bangla, Jagannath University, Professor Dr. Md. Sarwar Alam, Department of Mathematics, Jagannath University, Professor Dr. Abdullah Abu Sayed Khan, Sociolo