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Medical Xpress / Little-known enzyme could supercharge immune cells to tackle cancer

Supercharging immune cells could provide an effective way to tackle cancer, according to new research by scientists in Scotland.

Jan 12, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Mechanism behind persistent autoimmune joint destruction revealed in new study

Nearly 1.5 million Americans and nearly 5% of women over the age of 55 have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an incurable autoimmune disease marked by joint inflammation and subsequent damage. Despite advances in treatment, such ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Arthritis & Rheumatism
Medical Xpress / X-raying auditory ossicles: New technique reveals structures in record time

Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have refined an X-ray diffraction technique for detecting biological structures from nanometers to millimeters—reducing the time needed to make the measurement from around one ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Radiology & Imaging
Medical Xpress / A simple blood test can predict Crohn's disease years before symptoms appear

Sinai Health researchers have shown a blood test that can predict Crohn's disease years before symptoms appear, opening the doors to early diagnosis and potentially prevention.

Medical Xpress / Unexpected finding could offer new treatment targets for meth addiction

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction.

Jan 12, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Brain cancer digital twin predicts treatment outcomes by mapping tumor metabolism

A new machine-learning-based approach to mapping real-time tumor metabolism in brain cancer patients, developed at the University of Michigan, could help doctors discover which treatment strategies are most likely to be effective ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Evaluating apps for treating depression: Study finds most aren't supported by scientific evidence

Diagnoses of depression, one of the most common mental disorders, increased by nearly 50% between 1990 and 2017, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). Currently, depression affects around 5% of the world's ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Medical research
Medical Xpress / Stressed and rushed? Your decisions might suffer

Picture this. You're sitting in an office reception, waiting to be called in for an interview for your dream job. You have no appetite. Your palms are sweaty and your heart is thumping. Your anxiety rises. In short, you're ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / AI helps fuel new era of medical self-testing

Beyond smart watches and rings, artificial intelligence is being used to make self-testing for major diseases more readily available—from headsets that detect early signs of Alzheimer's to an iris-scanning app that helps ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Investigating HIV's hidden immune evasion strategy

A Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications has revealed how HIV can protect infected cells by altering the sugars on their surface, hindering the host immune system and avoiding detection.

Jan 12, 2026 in HIV & AIDS
Medical Xpress / Clinical trial in Ethiopia targets the trachoma scourge

Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness in the world, with Ethiopia the most impacted country in Africa. In a clinical trial of more than 2,400 individuals, researchers led by Dr. John Kempen of Mass Eye and ...

Jan 12, 2026 in Ophthalmology
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate. The study opens the door to potential new treatments for bacterial prostatitis.