White House, Under Fire for Discouraging Coronavirus Testing, Says It Will Buy Millions of Test Kits

This briefing has ended. Read live coronavirus updates here. Here’s what you need to know: ImageMedical workers distributing tests at a site in Kansas City, Kan.Credit…Christopher Smith for The New York Times The White House announces a major virus test-kit deal, just days after the C.D.C. moved to discourage testing. The White House announced on…

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Georgia State researchers developing deep learning framework to map brain disorders

ATLANTA–Georgia State University researchers are working to harness deep learning and artificial intelligence to learn more about how mental illness and other disorders affect the brain. Led by Vince Calhoun, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Georgia State and director of the Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), and Sergey Plis,…

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Host tissue T cells may have an unexpected role in graft-versus-host disease

Allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a procedure that infuses a donor’s healthy blood-forming stem cells into a recipient as part of a potentially curative therapy for cancer. While this therapy can be life-saving, a major complication is the development of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which causes significant morbidity and can be fatal. Before allogenic…

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