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Medical Xpress / Protective mechanism discovered in female brain: Switched-off X chromosome can reactivate to reduce disease severity

Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have identified a mechanism that protects the female brain from genetic diseases. Although one of the two X chromosomes is switched off in female cells ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Immunotherapy could prevent the loss of neurons in Parkinson's disease

By analyzing tissue from patients with Parkinson's disease, and animal and cellular models of the disease, a research team from the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB has shown that the main immune cells of the brain become ...

Medical Xpress / Chemo before 3 pm could be more successful for lung cancer patients

Patients with advanced lung cancer who received immunochemotherapy before 15:00 (3 p.m.) had a more delayed disease progression than patients receiving treatment later in the day. The findings, published as part of a randomized ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Medications
Medical Xpress / Inside the newborn mind: Babies categorize objects in the brain at just two months old, neuroscientists discover

Babies as young as two months old are able to categorize distinct objects in their brains—much earlier than previously thought—according to new research from neuroscientists at Trinity College Dublin. The research, which ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Brain microenvironment redefines metastatic tumor subtypes, facilitating precision oncology treatment

An interdisciplinary multi-center research team led by the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) and Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Hong Kong has constructed the world's largest multi-omics atlas of brain metastases. ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Synthetic compound targets malaria at multiple stages to prevent its transmission

Brazilian researchers have developed a synthetic compound that has the potential to treat malaria and block its transmission. The new molecule acts during three phases of the disease cycle, eliminating the asexual form of ...

Medical Xpress / Open-source HemoLens cuts pressure myography costs from $40,000 to $750

Before tissue-engineered blood vessels reach the clinic, they must withstand the mechanical stresses of the vascular system—an assessment that is essential, but often expensive. One University of Pittsburgh research team ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Biomedical technology
Medical Xpress / Liver metabolism of an essential amino acid may play a key role in gut health

Many biological processes exhibit daytime differences governed by rhythmic exposure to sunlight, termed circadian rhythms. Researchers at Penn State recently found, in mice, that a protein critical to intestinal barrier function—helping ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Gastroenterology
Medical Xpress / A portable ultrasound sensor may enable earlier detection of breast cancer

For people who are at high risk of developing breast cancer, frequent screenings with ultrasound can help detect tumors early. MIT researchers have now developed a miniaturized ultrasound system that could make it easier ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Managing long COVID energy levels with a new activity-tracking app

The first study to test a digital tool designed to help people with long COVID manage their energy levels has been developed by a team of researchers. The paper published in Nature Communications is titled "A Digital Platform ...

Medical Xpress / New genetic tools offer more accurate breast cancer prediction for women of African ancestry

Despite major advances in genetic testing for breast cancer risk prediction, death rates remain disproportionately high among women of African ancestry. This is often due to a combination of factors, including failure of ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / A 'window to the brain': Chip tracks glioblastoma treatment response using tumor vesicles in blood

Technology created at the University of Queensland could improve the odds of surviving brain cancer and change how we treat a range of neurological conditions. Dr. Richard Lobb and Dr. Zhen Zhang from UQ's Australian Institute ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Neuroscience