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Medical Xpress / HIV antibody opens up new approaches for vaccine development and combination therapies

An international research team has identified a novel HIV antibody that targets the virus at a particularly vulnerable site and overcomes previous limitations of known antibodies. This study, led by Professor Dr. Florian ...

Feb 12, 2026 in HIV & AIDS
Medical Xpress / Gut microbes bolster immunity in HIV patients, research reveals

The circumstances surrounding a study on a deadly virus could hardly have been more dramatic. One of its first authors was forced to flee his homeland when it became a war zone. More than 2,000 kilometers away, the laboratory ...

Feb 12, 2026 in HIV & AIDS
Medical Xpress / Light-based sensor detects early molecular signs of cancer in the blood

Researchers have developed a highly sensitive light-based sensor that can detect extremely low concentrations of cancer biomarkers in the blood. The new technology could one day make it possible to spot early signs of cancer ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / Unraveling the mystery of why some cancer treatments stop working

Cancer researchers working on immunotherapies have made a big discovery: SLAMF6, a molecule on the surface of immune cells that prevents T cells from effectively attacking tumors—and, in mice, they've found a way to neutralize ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Multi-country malaria trial shows a more efficient way to treat the disease

Landmark findings from a major malaria clinical trial led by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) and international collaborators have confirmed the safety and effectiveness of two Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Medical research
Medical Xpress / Mapping the role of a master regulator in early brain development

New findings from Karolinska Institutet reveal how the gene HNRNPU coordinates several fundamental molecular processes during the earliest stages of human brain development. The study is published in Nucleic Acids Research ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Exposure to intense wildfire smoke during pregnancy may be linked to increased likelihood of autism

New research suggests that exposure to intense wildfire smoke during pregnancy may be associated with an increased likelihood of autism in children. The study of more than 8.6 million births in California is the largest to ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Autism spectrum disorders
Medical Xpress / A glaucoma drug may help prevent opioid relapse

An existing drug currently used to treat glaucoma, altitude sickness, and seizures may also have the potential to prevent relapse in opioid use disorder, according to a study by researchers at University of Iowa Health Care. ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Addiction
Medical Xpress / Mpox transmission model sheds light on a medical mystery

In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from South Dakota State University—led by associate professor Saikat Basu—determined the critical exposure durations for inhaled transmission of pox viruses, including ...

Medical Xpress / Cholesterol crystals may trigger some liver disease

Cholesterol crystals in the liver may stiffen the organ early in those with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)—well before scarring develops—according to new research from a team in the Perelman ...

Medical Xpress / Lung cancer drug offers a surprising new treatment against ovarian cancer

A new study published by Mayo Clinic researchers suggests that ovarian cancer cells quickly activate a survival response after PARP inhibitor treatment, and blocking this early response may make this class of drugs work better. ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / AI-built maps reveal causal gene regulation across Alzheimer's brain cell types

Researchers led by Min Zhang and Dabao Zhang of the University of California, Irvine's Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health have created the most detailed maps to date showing how genes causally regulate one another ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Genetics