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Medical Xpress / AI squeezes individual breast cells to learn how to spot cancer risk
Researchers at City of Hope, a cancer research and treatment organization, and the University of California, Berkeley, have created a novel microfluidic platform that can assess women's breast cancer risk at the cellular ...
Medical Xpress / Hidden mosquito viruses emerge as RNA immune signals map global infections
Aedes aegypti, commonly known as the yellow fever mosquito, is a highly adapted, invasive mosquito species recognized as a major global health threat that acts as the primary vector for several severe diseases, most notably ...
Medical Xpress / Conversational AI uses trusted medical protocols to help people decide when to seek care
A new type of chatbot could reliably help people decide what to do about their symptoms—and do so based on guidance that is both medically sound and easy to understand. The chatbot could help reduce unnecessary hospital visits ...
Medical Xpress / Blood vessels in fat tissue may help drive obesity and type 2 diabetes
Adipose tissue is far more important for our health than many may realize. It does not merely function as an energy store, but as an active tissue that continuously communicates with the rest of the body. This communication ...
Medical Xpress / Tiny fiber probe monitors three key biomarkers at once, offering faster patient insight
A new fiber probe developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin delivers two major innovations in health monitoring to help both patients around the world and the clinicians who care for them. The probe can ...
Medical Xpress / Vitamin D may help prevent diabetes, depending on genes
More than two in five U.S. adults have prediabetes, a condition marked by higher-than-normal blood sugar levels that often leads to type 2 diabetes. A new study finds that vitamin D may help delay or prevent that progression, ...
Medical Xpress / A global fertility reversal is unfolding, and it could upend who becomes parent in decades ahead
With few exceptions, birth rates are falling worldwide. What does this mean? Put simply, the fertility rate describes the average number of children a woman is expected to have over the course of her life, if exposed to the ...
Medical Xpress / Inside lymph nodes, an overlooked cell type quietly directs immune battles in ways that could reshape medicine
The research group of prof. Sanjiv Luther at the department of immunobiology of the University of Lausanne has discovered that a fibroblast subtype is essential for coordinating certain immune cells within lymph nodes. This ...
Medical Xpress / Dopamine deficiency found to drive memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease
Why do memories fade in Alzheimer's disease—and can they be restored? University of California, Irvine researchers have uncovered a key mechanism underlying memory loss, showing for the first time that dopamine dysfunction ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic test forecasts chemo response in breast cancer
A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that gene analysis of breast cancer tumors can identify patients who do not benefit from chemotherapy given before surgery. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, ...
Medical Xpress / Human cell model recreates Alzheimer's-linked tau pathology and synapse loss
Researchers at LMU have developed a human cell model that replicates key mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases—with potential for novel therapies. The paper is published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Medical Xpress / Astrocytes reveal fragile X pathway tied to seizures and synapse problems
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an inherited genetic developmental condition that strongly impacts brain development. Despite the syndrome stemming from an altered genetic code for the single protein fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein ...
