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Medical Xpress / Specific neurons with an immune 'doorbell' may influence mood and memory
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key molecule involved in inflammation and plays an important role in both healthy and diseased states. In disease, high levels of IL-1 in the brain are linked to neuroinflammation, which can disrupt ...
Medical Xpress / Neuroimaging reveals 94% of gray matter in brains of mothers undergoes changes during pregnancy
A study led by the UAB has analyzed the brains of women during pregnancy for the first time using neuroimaging techniques. The study included non-pregnant mothers, whose partners were pregnant, to distinguish biological effects ...
Medical Xpress / The power of cinema: Study shows film intervention reduces violence against children
A new study shows that screenings of a locally-produced narrative film about parenting led to a significant reduction in physical violence against children.
Medical Xpress / Brain changes in Huntington's disease decades before diagnosis may guide future prevention trials
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately 20 years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington's disease, finds a study led by ...
Medical Xpress / Key enzyme identified as potential target for cancer immunotherapy
Scientists from A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have uncovered that a key enzyme—P4HA1 prolyl hydroxylase, is strongly induced in CD8+ T cells in solid cancer, the primary immune cells involved in combating ...
Medical Xpress / AI-driven approach reads heart cells' inner electrical signals from the outside
A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego and Stanford University has developed a noninvasive method to monitor the electrical activity inside heart muscle cells from the outside, avoiding the need ...
Medical Xpress / Drug-discovery platform for high-risk leukemias in children shows promising results
Targeted therapies for high-risk leukemia in children have yet to be developed, but scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer are working on a large-scale drug ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers propose novel model to screen misreporting in dietary surveys
An international team led by Prof. John Speakman from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences derived a predictive model by combining classical statistics and machine learning for ...
Medical Xpress / Brains of people with sickle cell disease appear older, study finds
Individuals with sickle cell disease—a chronic illness where misshapen, sticky blood cells clump together, reducing oxygen delivery to organs—are at a higher risk for stroke and resulting cognitive disability. But even ...
Medical Xpress / Interdisciplinary research lays groundwork for predicting if bone cancer will spread
Bone pain. Joint pain. Bone swelling. These are symptoms that about 1,000 people in the United States begin to feel each year shortly before being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of cancer that starts in the bones. Although ...
Medical Xpress / Having difficulty getting pregnant? Study shows air pollution may play a role
A study led by researchers at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health found that both maternal and paternal exposures to outdoor air pollution can negatively impact human embryo development in in vitro fertilization ...
Medical Xpress / Nutritional interventions found effective for hemodialysis patients, increasing energy intake
In recent years, advancements in dialysis therapy and the growing number of elderly patients starting dialysis have contributed to the aging of the overall dialysis population. Consequently, malnutrition-related conditions ...