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Medical Xpress / Successfully treated acute myeloid leukemia patients may hold the key to new CAR T cell therapy

Developing effective immunotherapies for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has long been hampered by a critical challenge: Therapy directed at killing the leukemia cells may also harm the body's ability to make new, healthy blood ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Personalized vaccine shows promise against aggressive brain cancer

A personalized vaccine to treat glioblastoma, a fast-growing and incurable brain cancer that affects four in 100,000 people in the U.S., is safe and elicits robust and broad immune responses that appear to increase recurrence-free ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / When uncertainty hits, people with higher autistic traits reach for words that may calm anxiety

We feel more anxious when facing uncertain or unpredictable situations, but for those who score higher on autistic traits, this anxiety tends to be stronger. Published in Scientific Reports, a new study suggests uncertainty-driven ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Centuries-old medicine benefits heart failure patients, studies show

A low dose of digoxin ensures that people with heart failure are hospitalized and die less frequently. This emerges from three studies led by UMCG cardiologists Dirk Jan van Veldhuisen, Kevin Damman, and Peter van der Meer. ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Antibody spurs nerve fiber regrowth following spinal cord injury

An international research group has demonstrated that the antibody NG101 promotes the regeneration of damaged spinal cord tissue. Now, under the leadership of scientists at the University of Zurich and Balgrist University ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / HIV reveals more than 100 escape mutations against promising antibody therapies

Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) are among the most promising new treatments for HIV, offering the potential to forego traditional daily doses of antiretroviral drugs. In one recent clinical study of bNAbs identified ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI-powered handheld microscope aims to spot cancer earlier

Researchers at Rice University and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a compact, artificial intelligence-powered imaging device that could transform how clinicians detect cancer. The technology, ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / New genomic approaches uncover surprising cellular dynamics of the aging brain

While much is mysterious about the aging process, change over time remains its cornerstone. The biological shifts that accompany aging seemingly occur in many cells in the body. The problem is, we have tens of billions of ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Hidden cell 'message route' could shift cancer research

A team at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) has uncovered a previously unrecognized molecular mechanism by which cells send signals to one another—an insight that could help researchers better understand ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Research into Friedreich's ataxia reveals how DNA folding can silence a key gene

Researchers have uncovered a fundamental rule that governs how genes are physically arranged inside the cell nucleus, and how disruptions to that organization can contribute to human disease.

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Genes linked to neuronal communication appear altered in immune cells of patients with depression

Neurons and white blood cells differ greatly in shape, function, and location within the body. However, researchers at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil discovered that certain genes are equally dysregulated in ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI chatbot shows promise in combating health misinformation

Can AI help people resist misinformation? Initial research findings suggest that artificial intelligence-driven conversations can strengthen people's resilience to health misinformation, outperforming traditional educational ...

May 12, 2026