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Medical Xpress / Researchers discover molecule's ability to suppress negative effects of type 2 diabetes, obesity
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) revealed the mechanisms behind one particular molecule's involvement in regulating insulin sensitivity. The findings, which were translated from a preclinical animal ...
Medical Xpress / Study reveals why AI models that analyze medical images can be biased
Artificial intelligence models often play a role in medical diagnoses, especially when it comes to analyzing images such as X-rays. However, studies have found that these models don't always perform well across all demographic ...
Medical Xpress / Study suggests changing the gut microbiome improves health outcomes for newly-diagnosed metastatic kidney cancer
Physician scientists from City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, found that people with metastatic kidney cancer who orally took a live biotherapeutic product called ...
Medical Xpress / Chemical conjugation mitigates immunotoxicity of chemotherapy of lipid nanoparticles
While chemotherapy can stimulate antitumor immunity, it may also impair immune cell function and induce lymphodepletion, reducing the effectiveness of subsequent immunotherapy. Thus, nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems ...
Medical Xpress / Tissue bridges as predictors of recovery from cervical spine injuries
Results of the longitudinal study, "Prognostic value of tissue bridges in cervical spinal cord injury," have the potential to change clinical practice. They have been published in The Lancet Neurology.
Medical Xpress / New predictors of metastasis in patients with early-stage pancreatic cancer
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine with an international team have used liver biopsies to identify cellular and molecular markers that can potentially be used to predict whether and when pancreatic cancer will spread to ...
Medical Xpress / Chemo drug may cause significant hearing loss in longtime cancer survivors
An interdisciplinary study led by researchers at the University of South Florida and Indiana University has uncovered significant findings on the long-term effects of one of the most common forms of chemotherapy on cancer ...
Medical Xpress / Crohn's discovery could lead to better treatments for devastating condition
Remarkable new research by a University of Virginia undergraduate may help explain recurrent Crohn's disease in children and open the door to new ways to treat or even cure the devastating condition. The work is published ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers develop an alternative to pacemakers in the form of a hydrogel
A heart attack is a life-threatening condition, with patients remaining at risk of premature death long after the actual attack—50% to 60% of patients die subsequently as a result of sudden cardiac death, triggered by cardiac ...
Medical Xpress / Visualizing core pathologies of Parkinson's disease and related disorders in live patients
In countries with an aging population, neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are becoming more prevalent. These conditions, for which no definitive cure currently ...
Medical Xpress / Kids given 'digital pacifiers' to calm tantrums fail to learn how to regulate emotions, study finds
Tantrums are part of growing up. How these outbursts of anger or frustration are managed, however, can impact children's emotional development.
Medical Xpress / Creating supranormal hearing in mice
A study from Michigan Medicine's Kresge Hearing Research Institute was able to produce supranormal hearing in mice, while also supporting a hypothesis on the cause of hidden hearing loss in humans.