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Medical Xpress / Babies' brains respond to music by three months of age—while moving to it begins by their first birthday
A study suggests babies' brains recognize music from as young as 3 months of age, while spontaneous movements to music emerge by their first birthday and their ability to match movements to it develops later.
Medical Xpress / Key gut protein balances immune protection and tolerance
A protein produced by gut immune cells orchestrates both immune protection against pathogens and immune tolerance of gut bacteria, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The discovery illuminates ...
Medical Xpress / Research shows how behavioral science silently protects American consumers and patients
A new Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) special feature highlights the critical role of behavioral and decision sciences in U.S. governance. The publications demonstrate how psychological and economic ...
Medical Xpress / Electric fields could organize neural activity trial by trial during memory tasks
It's a fact of life that the electrical activity of neurons will vary during the same task, even when the ultimate outcome is the same. A new study shows that a lot of ongoing fluctuations in the brain's activity can be explained ...
Medical Xpress / Brainstem neurons map whisker touch into object distance, reveals mouse study
If you are crossing an unfamiliar room in the dark, you may grope around a bit to get a sense of your space. But for many animals, feeling out a space comes more naturally. A mouse, for instance, can efficiently navigate ...
Medical Xpress / New drug against metastatic prostate cancer made entirely from human proteins
A new cancer drug may be able to inhibit both tumor growth and the spread of aggressive prostate cancer. This is shown in a study conducted by researchers at Umeå University together with international collaborators, published ...
Medical Xpress / TNF-alpha blocks new neurons in hippocampus, reveals inflammation pathway
A molecule linked to chronic inflammation disrupts the brain's ability to create new neurons, uncovering a pathway with therapeutic potential for neurodegenerative diseases and neurological conditions. The King's College ...
Medical Xpress / Should older men reassess their long-term prostate medications?
One in three men will experience moderate to severe lower urinary tract symptoms in their lifetime, with symptoms including frequent urination, difficulty starting urination, nocturia and a weak urine stream. Although these ...
Medical Xpress / Could these tiny organs save millions of lives?
If you're a woman newly diagnosed with breast cancer, treatment can feel ... well, scary. Will chemotherapy work? Or will it become a cycle of educated guesswork: trying one drug combination, waiting, scanning? If the tumor ...
Medical Xpress / Oyster meat may provide a sustainable solution for intestinal inflammation
Ongoing research provides evidence that readily available and sustainable oyster meat extract may have powerful anti-inflammatory effects on human intestinal cells.
Medical Xpress / New approach could expand CAR T therapy from blood cancers to solid tumors
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute report that combining CAR T cell immunotherapy with a targeted radiopharmaceutical significantly improved tumor regression ...
Medical Xpress / Novel antibody-drug conjugate eliminates residual cancer cells in majority of patients with B-cell ALL
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center were able to eradicate measurable residual disease (MRD) in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients, a critical step in improving long-term survival ...
