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Medical Xpress / Growing liver tissue directly in the body could ease donor organ shortage
In patients developing end-stage liver disease, the damage has become too severe for the liver's normally extraordinary regenerative capacity to repair or compensate for it. Once this "point of no return" has been reached, ...
Medical Xpress / Previously unknown stem cells may power children's height gain during puberty
Two previously unknown stem cell types appear to play a central role in children's height growth, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg. The study also shows that growth hormone can act directly on these ...
Medical Xpress / Skin-deep microneedle sensor tracks drug clearance and reveals early kidney and liver dysfunction
Wearable technologies are starting to reshape how people manage health. Continuous glucose monitors that measure blood sugar levels in diabetes patients have already shown the power of tracking an important molecule in real ...
Medical Xpress / Fructose emerges as a key driver of metabolic disease
A new report, published in Nature Metabolism, is shedding light on the distinct and underappreciated role of fructose in driving disease, separate from its role as a simple source of calories.
Medical Xpress / Study suggests some Alzheimer's symptoms may begin outside the brain
UCF researchers have uncovered evidence that some movement-related symptoms of Alzheimer's disease may originate outside the brain, which could change how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future.
Medical Xpress / Early folic acid supplementation may halve the risk of birth defects in women using antiseizure medication
Women taking antiseizure medication for epilepsy have around a 45% reduced risk of major congenital anomalies in their children—if they initiate high-dose folic acid before pregnancy. This is the finding of a large Nordic ...
Medical Xpress / Older mice may offer new insight into cancer and aging
Cancer risk increases with age and is often more aggressive and difficult to treat in older adults. However, fewer than 10% of mouse studies use aged animals, with most relying on mice roughly equivalent to humans in their ...
Medical Xpress / A new era of personalized care for patients with meningioma
A comprehensive new review led by Mayo Clinic is helping shape how clinicians diagnose and treat meningioma, the most common primary brain tumor, with a focus on personalized, patient-centered care and the latest advances ...
Medical Xpress / Waves of gene control reveal how a key gene times limb development
In a new study published in Genes & Development, research led by Dr. Lila Allou at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London and Professor Stefan Mundlos at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and ...
Medical Xpress / Your phone already sees the warning signs: Sleep, movement and mood data can spot depression early
Depression is among the most widespread mental health disorders worldwide, affecting an estimated 1 in 20 people. It is characterized by persistent sadness, hopelessness, disrupted sleep patterns, changes in appetite and ...
Medical Xpress / A major pregnancy scare collapses: Tylenol shows no autism risk in more than 1.5 million children
Acetaminophen, which also goes by names like paracetamol or Tylenol, is a common over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer. It is often prescribed during pregnancy to help with mild to moderate pain. Recently, there ...
Medical Xpress / These lab-grown insulin cells reverse diabetes in mice and clear a major hurdle for type 1 treatment
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have developed an improved method for creating insulin-producing cells from human stem cells. The results, published in Stem Cell Reports, ...
