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Medical Xpress / Cell-free DNA offers early warning for bloodstream infections in kids with leukemia
Researchers have identified a promising way to predict bloodstream infections in children with high-risk leukemia days before the infection would be diagnosed using current standards of care. The test, named plasma microbial ...
Medical Xpress / How dysfunctional packaging of dopamine advances symptoms of Parkinson's disease
A new study shows how dysfunctional packaging of the neurotransmitter dopamine triggers toxic processes in neurons—and how this can be repaired with simple delivery of energy (ATP). Parkinson's gradually destroys dopamine-producing ...
Medical Xpress / A new class of Alzheimer's biomarkers: Why protein shape may beat protein levels
Researchers have identified a new type of blood-based biomarker test for Alzheimer's disease that measures structural changes in proteins, providing more information on the underlying biology of the disease than standard ...
Medical Xpress / A molecular 'switch' could make pancreatic cancer more treatable
Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have identified a molecular "switch" that determines whether pancreatic cancer cells resist chemotherapy or respond to it—a finding that could help convert some of the most treatment-resistant ...
Medical Xpress / Smart patch detects allergies before symptoms strike
A wearable device that alerts people with food allergies before a reaction begins has the potential to reduce life-threatening anaphylaxis and transform allergy management from reactive to preventive care. The AllergE patch ...
Medical Xpress / Self-aware biosensors boost digital health monitoring
Smart biomedical devices are transforming modern health care, using skin-mounted sensors to capture in-depth health information directly from the body. As clinicians increasingly use biosensing devices to guide patient care, ...
Medical Xpress / Report highlights dangers of red-light laser myopia therapy for children
As red-light laser therapy gains popularity in Asia for slowing myopia in children, reports of vision damage have emerged, prompting a University of Houston optometry researcher to evaluate the procedure and call for further ...
Medical Xpress / Engineered immune cells show promise against brain metastases in preclinical study
A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has identified a promising strategy to treat brain metastases, one of the most challenging and deadly complications of lung cancer. The research team ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cells retain a 'molecular memory' of their tissue location, study shows
A new AI-based method reconstructs spatial information about where immune cells were originally located in an organ, even after these cells have been removed from the tissue and analyzed individually. To accomplish this, ...
Medical Xpress / Smartphone tutorial can help people understand personal chemical exposure reports
Flame retardants, plasticizers, and "forever" chemicals are common in household items like cookware and cosmetics. But these materials that people are exposed to every day have also been linked to health issues like decreased ...
Medical Xpress / How does a developing brain self-organize? Cell lineage may guide neuron placement
Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells. How does it organize itself along the way? Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory neuroscientists ...
Medical Xpress / Rectal cancer incidence rising after decades of decline as colorectal cancer shifts toward younger generations
Colorectal cancer rates in the United States are moving in two very different directions, according to a new report released today from the American Cancer Society (ACS). While the disease continues to decline among older ...
