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Medical Xpress / Innovative soft robotic heart offers new way to study disease and test life-saving devices
Researchers at UNSW Sydney have developed a fully synthetic soft robotic heart that reproduces the complex movements and internal structures of the human heart, opening the door to better treatments, safer medical devices ...
Medical Xpress / CAR T cell therapy targets key mutation driving rare blood cancers
A new form of CAR T-cell therapy has been designed to find and destroy the cancer-driving stem cells responsible for a group of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), while leaving healthy blood cells ...
Medical Xpress / TROP2 marks relapse-driving colorectal cancer cells and opens path to targeted treatment
A team led by researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the HI-STEM Stem Cell Institute has discovered a promising new approach to treating advanced colorectal cancer. The study, published in Nature, identifies ...
Medical Xpress / Faulty calcium signaling may drive dry mouth in Down syndrome, raising gum disease risk
Researchers at NYU College of Dentistry have uncovered what may be biologically driving oral health issues unique to Down syndrome. Their study, published in Cell Reports, describes a molecular mechanism—a defect in calcium ...
Medical Xpress / Wearable device reveals how sleep changes from freshman to senior year for college students
Sleep is a fundamental aspect of human health that plays a crucial role in cognitive function, academic performance and social interactions. A study published in PLOS One by Yao Zhao at Temple University, U.S., and colleagues ...
Medical Xpress / Neurobiologists improve symptoms of Huntington's disease with targeted brain stimulation in mice
Huntington's disease is a devastating brain disorder in which decaying nerve cells lead to progressively worsening cognitive and movement abilities. While the genetic mutation responsible for the condition is well known, ...
Medical Xpress / Psychedelics not yet ready for clinical use in ADHD treatment, study finds
In recent years, there has been growing interest among adults with ADHD in the practice of microdosing classic psychedelics such as psilocybin and LSD. The internet is full of personal accounts describing improved concentration, ...
Medical Xpress / Could creatine help depression? What five clinical trials show so far
Could the same supplement many people take to build muscle also help treat depression?
Medical Xpress / Fatty liver drives a more dangerous form of colorectal cancer spread, study reveals
Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven, with international partners, have uncovered how fatty liver disease can fuel the most aggressive form of metastatic colorectal cancer. The findings, which appear in the journal Nature, not ...
Medical Xpress / Many treatments help chronic back pain, but only in the short term
A large-scale analysis by an international research team, led by Bochum University of Applied Sciences, shows that nonsurgical treatments such as massage, exercise therapy or acupuncture for chronic back pain can alleviate ...
Medical Xpress / Heart risk markers in adults over 40 with obesity increasingly converge with normal BMI levels
Over the last three decades, differences in unhealthy cholesterol levels and blood pressure between older adults with obesity and those with a normal body mass index (BMI) have narrowed or disappeared in several high-income ...
Medical Xpress / Digital mindfulness intervention beneficial for late-life depression
A digital mindfulness intervention with electroencephalogram (EEG) feedback—the FocusZen Mindfulness Stress Reduction System—reduces depression, anxiety, and sleep symptoms among participants with late-life depression (LLD), ...
