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Medical Xpress / Colorectal screening boosts early diagnoses in first two years, randomized trial suggests
More cases of colorectal cancer are detected at an early stage with screening. This is according to new research based on data from over 278,000 60-year-olds, who were randomly selected to undergo one of two interventions ...
Medical Xpress / Key alterations discovered in the cerebral cortex of people with psychosis
Researchers at the University of Seville have analyzed alterations in the cerebral cortex in people suffering from psychosis. Their findings show that psychosis does not follow a single trajectory, but rather its evolution ...
Medical Xpress / Engineered CAR-NK cells appear more 'attack-ready'
Researchers at the Ribeirao Preto Blood Center and the Center for Cell-Based Therapy (CTC) conducted a study using the NK-92 cell line to test new models of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) with specific costimulatory domains, ...
Medical Xpress / Infants at higher autism likelihood show shallower deep sleep, even in quiet rooms
Babies with an increased likelihood of autism may struggle to settle into deep, restorative sleep, according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied the link between sleep and sensory sensitivity, ...
Medical Xpress / Gene variants help explain why food allergies run in families
People often remark that allergies run in their family, but the genetic causes have remained unclear. Previous food allergy genetic research has relied upon broad but surface-level methods called genome-wide association studies.
Medical Xpress / What childhood stress may change about your diet, even if your weight stays normal
How does your childhood impact the food you crave or choose to eat? Beyond the effect of the culture you were raised in, could an event in your infancy make you eat differently today?
Medical Xpress / Study finds tirzepatide cuts alcohol intake by more than half in rodents
For the first time, researchers show that tirzepatide—the active ingredient in the diabetes and weight-loss drug Mounjaro—reduces alcohol intake as well as relapse-like behaviors in rats and mice. The findings are considered ...
Medical Xpress / Smartphone-linked catheter sensor could spot UTIs sooner than lab cultures
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections, with catheter-associated UTIs accounting for more than half of infections contracted in hospitals. When detected early and accurately, UTIs are ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: How attending an HBCU can help reduce dementia risk
Attending a historically Black college or university (HBCU) can be linked to better cognitive performance decades later among Black adults, according to a study coauthored by Min Hee Kim, an assistant professor at Rutgers ...
Medical Xpress / Closing in on a universal vaccine: Nasal spray protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens
In the realm of medical advancements, a universal vaccine that can protect against any pathogen has long been a Holy Grail—and about as elusive as a mythological vessel. But Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators ...
Medical Xpress / DeepRare AI outperforms doctors on rare disease diagnosis in head-to-head test
Rare diseases are complex medical disorders that are notoriously difficult to diagnose because many present with a wide variety of symptoms that can overlap with more common illnesses. Currently, around 300 million people ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cells from pediatricians help uncover an antibody cocktail against RSV and hMPV
Researchers in China recently published a study in Science Translational Medicine describing a new antibody cocktail for protection against two common viruses. The proposed preventative treatment consists of antibodies identified ...
