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When you reach a certain age, every lost key or hard-to-conjure word comes with a nagging question - is my mind slipping? The answer, unfortunately, is probably yes, but that doesnât mean that youâre becoming senile or have something to worry about, says Denise Park, distinguished university chair in behavioural and brain sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, US.
Most people experience a little bit of forgetfulness as they get older, particularly in their 60s and 70s, Park says, and this is the result of subtle changes in processing speed that begin in your 20s. Initially, these changes are too small to perceive, but eventually they become noticeable.
There is no singular profile that can help doctors predict which COVID-19 patients may see symptoms that linger for months, according to a new study from the University of California.
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U of T Entrepreneurship Week: Six startups working on COVID-19 innovations U of T startup Structura Biotechnology, headed by Saara Virani and Ali Punjani, helped U.S. researchers produce an atomic scale map of the spike on SARS-CoV-2 by using the startup s AI technology (photo by Chris Sorensen)
From speeding up diagnostic testing to streamlining communications between health-care facilities and promoting hand-washing, University of Toronto startups are finding a number of ways to contribute to the fight against COVID-19.
Many U of T entrepreneurs pivoted quickly during the early days of the pandemic to help address a global health threat, demonstrating a capacity for innovation, flexibility and quick-thinking.
Researchers have established the first universal reporting standards and open access platform for polygenic risk scores, paving the way for widespread.
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