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Medical Xpress / Drug used for blood disorders may aid recovery in severe malaria, study finds
A new clinical trial led by QIMR Berghofer, in collaboration with University of Sunshine Coast Clinical Trials Network has found a medication currently used for some blood disorders could help the body fight malaria more ...
Medical Xpress / How our nasal passages defend against the common cold and help determine how sick we get
When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work together to fight the virus by triggering an arsenal of antiviral defenses.
Medical Xpress / Understanding how right- or left-hand dominance could open a window into the autistic brain
Most people take for granted which hand they use to reach for a cup of coffee or a puzzle piece. However, a new study out of York University suggests that for autistic individuals, which hand they use for various tasks is ...
Medical Xpress / Inflammatory pathway reveals targetable weakness in hard-to-treat blood cancer
New research co-led by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists has exposed a vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia by identifying the blood cancer's reliance on a specific signaling pathway involved in the body's ...
Medical Xpress / AI model predicts neural network degeneration patterns in ALS progression
New research from the University of St Andrews, the University of Copenhagen and Drexel University has developed AI computational models that predict the degeneration of neural networks in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Medical Xpress / Motor protein discovery in fruit flies may unlock neurodegenerative secrets
Scientists have long known that inherited neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or motor neuron disease, can be traced back to genetic mutations. However, how they cause the diseases remains unanswered.
Medical Xpress / Weight loss in cancer: Organs respond to the disease in a coordinated way, study finds
Cachexia is a metabolic disorder that causes uncontrolled weight loss and muscle wasting in chronic diseases and cancer.
Medical Xpress / Small molecules could treat Crohn's disease by mimicking a protective gene variant
An estimated 3 million Americans have an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. But a lucky few individuals are far less likely to develop IBD because they have a rare variant of a ...
Medical Xpress / Misplaced neurons in the brain can still perform essential sensory functions
Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered that neurons located in the wrong place can still carry out their normal function—challenging long-held ...
Medical Xpress / 'Revoice' device gives stroke patients their voice back
Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device called Revoice that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally and fluently following a stroke, without the need for invasive brain ...
Medical Xpress / New method predicts asthma attacks up to five years in advance
Researchers at Mass General Brigham and Karolinska Institutet have identified a new method to predict asthma exacerbations with a high degree of accuracy. The study is published in Nature Communications.
Medical Xpress / Autistic and non-autistic faces differ in expressing anger, happiness, sadness, study shows
Autistic and non-autistic people express emotions differently through their facial movements, according to a new study, which may help to explain why emotional expressions are sometimes misinterpreted between the two groups.
