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Medical Xpress / Stem cell scientists engineer 'synthetic organizer' cells to improve kidney organoids
In a study published in Science, USC researchers paired a biological discovery with an engineering feat to create more faithful, reproducible lab-grown kidney structures from stem cells, known as organoids.
Medical Xpress / Parkinson's patients undergoing deep brain stimulation show little to no cortical Lewy pathology
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) show little to no Lewy pathology in the prefrontal cortex at the time of ...
Medical Xpress / Cancer also knows how to wait: Study uncovers the hidden step between mutation and tumor biomass appearance
The development of cancer is not a process triggered immediately by the emergence of an oncogenic mutation. There is growing evidence for the existence of an intermediate phase—hitherto poorly defined—in which mutated cells ...
Medical Xpress / Tumors hijack macrophages after they clear dead cells, real-time tracking reveals
Researchers at Tel Aviv University's Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences have uncovered how a natural and essential immune system process can be hijacked to promote cancer progression. In a new study, the research ...
Medical Xpress / Biomarker-matched drug combos shrink treatment-resistant melanoma in preclinical models
A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified a way to tailor drug combinations based on specific tumor biology to improve outcomes for treatment-resistant advanced melanoma.
Medical Xpress / Dynamic protein behavior drives blood-brain barrier specialization, study reveals
A study led by researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), in collaboration with the Proteomics Platform of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), has uncovered a key mechanism ...
Medical Xpress / New drug unlocks elusive immune receptor, opening path toward motor neuron disease treatments
University of Queensland researchers have developed a drug that activates a hard-to-target immune receptor—a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions like motor neuron disease (MND).
Medical Xpress / Shared neurodevelopmental spectrum could link ADHD, autism and dyslexia to later outcomes
A paper published in Molecular Psychiatry, led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London, challenges the way we think about neurodevelopmental conditions.
Medical Xpress / Aphantasia challenges a centuries-old theory of abstract thought
Aphantasia, the inability to form mental images, poses a serious challenge to an influential theory of abstract thought in the history of philosophy. The study by researchers at the University of Tartu suggests that mental ...
Medical Xpress / How serotonin may help drive long-term allergic inflammation through overlooked immune cells
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have uncovered how serotonin-related metabolism helps regulate an understudied immune cell involved in allergic inflammation. The study, published in the journal Allergy, adds to knowledge ...
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods linked to brain differences in young children
More than half the calories consumed by young kids in the U.S. come from ultra-processed foods.
Medical Xpress / Two prostate cancer mutations reveal opposite responses to ferroptosis therapy
A new study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified genetic factors that determine whether prostate cancers are susceptible to a type of cell death known as ferroptosis. These findings, ...
