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Medical Xpress / More sensitive HIT cell therapy shows promise against solid cancers

CAR T cell therapy has revolutionized the treatment of many blood cancers, but has shown little success against solid tumors, which account for over 85% of all cancers. Columbia researchers have now found that a new type ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Novel delivery method bypasses blood-brain barrier to treat ALS symptoms

A researcher at the University of Missouri has made a promising breakthrough in the quest to help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the neurodegenerative disorder commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. In ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Gut health index measures microbial interactions to track disease

Scientists have identified a new way to distinguish healthy guts from diseased ones and track how some illnesses progress by measuring how gut bacteria interact with one another. According to a study published in Science, ...

Medical Xpress / Laser heat therapy plus immunotherapy may dramatically improve survival for those with deadly brain cancer

High-grade astrocytoma, which includes glioblastoma, is a fast-growing, aggressive brain cancer that often returns after the tumor is removed, making it difficult to treat. Patients with recurrent high-grade astrocytoma typically ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Study reveals genetic balancing act between autoimmunity and cancer risk

An autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, called autoimmune hypothyroidism (AIHT), is the most common autoimmune disease, yet it remains largely understudied. New research from scientists at Broad Institute, ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / A woman's birthing position isn't a choice, it's a biomechanical strategy

Women's bodies undergo some of the most intense mechanical demands in human physiology during childbirth and yet the science behind this crucial moment in human life has been largely overlooked for as long as modern science ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medical Xpress / A universal 'instruction manual' helps immune cells protect our organs

Researchers at the University of Liège have identified a key genetic regulator that enables macrophages to reach full maturity and preserve the health of our organs. The MafB factor, a veritable "molecular switch," activates ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Developing personalized vaccines for cancer via machine learning

Yale researchers have developed a machine learning model, called Immunostruct, that can help scientists create more personalized vaccines, including vaccines for cancer. They described the tool in Nature Machine Intelligence ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Cigarette smoke accelerates eye aging via epigenetic changes, study finds

Through a series of experiments supported by the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) researchers say they have advanced understanding of how smoking damages the eye and contributes to the development ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Ophthalmology
Medical Xpress / Fifteen-year results from clinical trial suggest that follicular lymphoma is curable

Unlike some other forms of lymphoma, advanced stage follicular lymphoma is considered incurable. But a new analysis of long-term data on patients treated for the disease years ago with standard regimens of immunotherapy and ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / CRISPR-based platform pinpoints drivers of leukemia in patient cells

A new CRISPR-based tool that is directly used on patients' cancer cells can identify genes and regulatory elements driving acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer affecting the bone marrow and blood. This ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / A 'Google Earth' for the brain: What a 4D atlas reveals about growth

On the computer screens, the mouse brain is shown from several angles. Then you click, and a small area of the brain is highlighted in color. With the next click, something happens to the color markers. The marked areas change ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Neuroscience