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Medical Xpress / Combination of varenicline and nicotine lozenges found to increase smoking abstinence
Smokers seeking to conquer their addiction may have a new treatment option following the results from a clinical trial led by Monash University, which found a combination of varenicline and nicotine lozenges significantly ...
Medical Xpress / Spinal cord formation in the embryo: The role of a protein family identified
Work by the team of Dr. Frédéric Charron recently published in The Journal of Neuroscience, identifies the fundamental role of a family of proteins, the β-arrestins, in the development of the nervous system at the embryonic ...
Medical Xpress / New research advances understanding of negative social contact
New research, by the Department of Psychology at Durham University, has found that negative social contact among people of differing societal or cultural groups can have a disproportionate negative effect on broad social ...
Medical Xpress / 'Hidden' sex differences in neurological reward pathways suggest opportunity for improved psychiatric therapeutics
A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience has discovered underlying sex differences in the molecular pathways that drive reward-related behaviors. In particular, the study found differences and similarities in the ways males ...
Medical Xpress / New research reveals that a tobacco company has secretly funded Japanese academics
New revelations, published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, reveal the recent activities of Philip Morris International (PMI) and its Japanese affiliate, Philip Morris Japan (PMJ).
Medical Xpress / New study sheds light on potassium channels to help researchers design better drugs
Potassium channels are openings that allow charged potassium atoms to cross the cell membrane. Voltage-gated potassium channels—which open only when a specific voltage is reached across the cell membrane—are essential ...
Medical Xpress / Collaboration develop a potent therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases
Drug development is typically slow: the pipeline from basic research discoveries that provide the basis for a new drug to clinical trials to production of a widely available medicine can take decades. But decades can feel ...
Medical Xpress / Ultrasounds may not find this cancer in Black women
A common algorithm to check for endometrial cancer is not reliable for Black women, according to a new study published today in JAMA Oncology.
Medical Xpress / Study finds hypothalamus helps switch between survival tasks
The hypothalamus is a small region of the human brain typically associated with regulating body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue, and sleep. But it also has another important role: helping the brain and body switch between ...
Medical Xpress / Study reveals how antibody mAb 77 neutralizes measles virus
What happens when the measles virus meets a human cell? The viral machinery unfolds in just the right way to reveal key pieces that let it fuse itself into the host cell membrane.
Medical Xpress / Common blood pressure drug may make leukemia more responsive to chemotherapy while protecting heart
Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine found that a targeted gene therapy may make acute myeloid leukemia (AML) more sensitive to chemotherapy, while also protecting the heart against toxicity often ...
Medical Xpress / Vaccination may reduce memory loss from COVID-19 infections
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, 10 to 30% of the general population has experienced some form of virus-induced cognitive impairment, including trouble concentrating, brain fog or memory loss. This led a team of ...