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Medical Xpress / How bones make marrow: Newly identified 'organizer' cells also reappear after fractures
Bone marrow is the spongy tissue located within the hollow center of bones, serving as the primary site for the continuous production of red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells. Despite its physiological importance, ...
Medical Xpress / Cellular pathways may underlie some differences in physical fitness
Patterns of molecular activity in the blood may hold clues not only to how fit someone is, but also to the biological processes that support physical performance. Researchers at MIT, GE HealthCare, and the U.S. Military Academy ...
Medical Xpress / Adversity across life linked to greater frailty and faster biological aging
Published in BMC Medicine, the study analyzed data from over 150,000 participants and found the strongest associations in people who experienced adversity in both childhood and adulthood. These individuals were more frail ...
Medical Xpress / Digital twin can reveal alcohol consumption in crime cases
Using a so-called digital twin, it is possible to predict with greater precision than at present how much alcohol a person has consumed and at what time. The study was conducted by researchers at Linköping University and ...
Medical Xpress / Why bone metastases resist treatment: New method identifies immune cells shielding tumors
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have developed a method that reveals the cellular makeup of tissues that support metastatic cancer growth, which is the primary cause of death for most ...
Medical Xpress / Digital health literacy higher in lower-income countries, 30-country survey finds
A cross-national survey of 31,000 adults in 30 countries finds that digital health literacy is highest in low- and middle-income countries and lowest in high-income countries, challenging assumptions that national wealth ...
Medical Xpress / Face photos reveal faster biological aging tied to poorer cancer survival
The Mass General Brigham research team behind FaceAge, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can estimate a person's biological age from a single photo, is reporting in a new study that estimating biological age from ...
Medical Xpress / Koala vaccine offers clues to solving human health challenge
A vaccine first developed to protect koalas from a devastating disease is now offering rare insights that could help accelerate human vaccine development for one of the world's most common sexually transmitted infections.
Medical Xpress / Fluorescent quail embryos could help solve serious birth defects in humans
The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of a tree. And now, it's also helping scientists understand serious birth defects in humans.
Medical Xpress / T cells, not B cells, are the culprit in kidney damage in lupus, study shows
Kidney damage is a serious complication affecting individuals with lupus, an autoimmune disease where immune B cells malfunction and produce antibodies that attack the body's own cells, tissues, and organs.
Medical Xpress / Study finds three distinct patterns of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
Cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease differs substantially from one person to the next and is not well predicted by existing medical tests. Among people with preclinical Alzheimer's disease who began one of two related ...
Medical Xpress / Key molecular dynamic could boost cancer treatments while limiting stem cell transplant rejection
A key molecular dynamic could be the key to fighting tumors while allowing patients to still receive life-saving cell transplantation, according to the latest finding published by a team of scientists from the Hackensack ...
