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Medical Xpress / 1940s-era drug helps uncover kidney pathway that may improve disease treatment
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a previously unrecognized way the kidneys regulate water balance—an advance that could lead to improved treatments for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and other disorders. The study, ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cell circuit restores barrier function in inflammatory bowel disease
Scientists have discovered a new protective communication circuit between specialized immune cells in the intestines, a circuit that may be therapeutically targeted to improve inflammatory bowel disease outcomes, according ...
Medical Xpress / Many cancers originate from a single cancer cell and evolve through early bursts of chromosome changes
A comprehensive multi-cancer study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has revealed that cancer cells within tumors are genetically diverse, yet all carry the same core genetic changes that ...
Medical Xpress / Shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk, study suggests
Older adults who received a shingles vaccine after a stay in a skilled nursing facility had a 24% lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia over a four-year period than those who were not vaccinated, according to a new ...
Medical Xpress / Cuddling cats might make us feel worse when under stress
Researchers just got one step closer to solving the age-old question of whether cats or dogs make better pets. A team in the Netherlands set out to better understand the nuances and underlying mechanisms behind the positive ...
Medical Xpress / AI-guided ultrasound improves blood–brain barrier opening procedures by predicting bubble collapse
A study led by Georgia Institute of Technology's Associate Professor Costas Arvanitis takes a major step toward safer and more effective treatment and diagnosis of brain diseases. His team's research, published in Advanced ...
Medical Xpress / Hidden PIM1 pathway helps prostate cancer survive treatment, pointing to new drug strategy
Cancer cells are remarkably good at adapting to stress. When treatments damage them, they often find new ways to survive, fueling drug resistance and disease progression.
Medical Xpress / New pancreatic cancer strategy kills KRAS-mutant tumor cells and extends survival in mice
Researchers at the University of Cologne's Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that makes most pancreatic cancer cells susceptible to a form of programmed cell death. ...
Medical Xpress / Mapping immune cell interactions in gut tissue reveals changes in ulcerative colitis
In a new study published in Science Immunology, researchers at King's College London looked at a type of tissue important for the immune response called gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), which is located within the lining ...
Medical Xpress / 'Zombie' cells play an unexpected role in the developing brain
Among the body's most crucial protective features are the brain barrier systems, including the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers. These barriers are made of highly specialized cells that allow essential ...
Medical Xpress / Molecular clues in maternal blood may predict preterm birth
New research has found signs that may help researchers better understand why some babies are born early. Some signs are present as early as the first trimester.
Medical Xpress / ECG privacy model shields age, sex and race while preserving heart risk signals
It is a common misperception that electrocardiograms (ECGs) simply contain data about heart activity. However, modern ECGs enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI) can contain data about a patient's sex, age, race and even ...
