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Medical Xpress / Passion fruit–derived molecule shows promise as a future Alzheimer's drug candidate
Four years ago, a research group at the University of Oslo made what would turn out to be a major discovery. They found that an extract from passion fruit had the potential to slow the development of Alzheimer's disease. ...
Medical Xpress / Why do some viruses linger for life? A 900,000-person study maps viral loads
Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime and reemerge later to cause new problems. How and why viral levels in the body change over time—and ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists call out health-harming corporations driving rise in chronic disease
Chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, neurocognitive disorders and infertility are rising globally, with health-harming products such as fossil fuels, tobacco, ultra-processed foods, toxic chemicals, plastics and alcohol ...
Medical Xpress / Discovery of pathway that activates brown fat could lead to new obesity treatment
Researchers have determined how a key protein activates brown fat by expanding blood vessels and nerves in the heat-generating tissue. The findings, published in Nature Communications, point to a potential strategy for treating ...
Medical Xpress / Neuroscientists find 'blink of an eye' timing in how we use our brains to learn and move
Scientists have long studied the role of dopamine, a chemical in the brain that helps control learning and movement, in order to better understand Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and depression—afflictions caused, in ...
Medical Xpress / Gut-to-brain pathway explains how the immune system triggers loss of appetite during parasitic infection
Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the initial illness. For the millions of people around the world who are chronically infected with parasitic ...
Medical Xpress / Fiber in whole wheat foods protects against gut inflammation in mice, research finds
Enriching the diet with wheat fiber protects mice against intestinal inflammation, according to a study published by researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) at Georgia State University. The finding helps ...
Medical Xpress / ADHD medication in childhood may reduce later psychosis risk, study finds
A new study, led by scientists at University College Dublin and the University of Edinburgh, has found that commonly prescribed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication in childhood may lower the long-term ...
Medical Xpress / High-resolution atlas of developing human brain combines data from nearly 200 studies and 30 million cells
In a bid to better understand, and potentially treat, a host of conditions that affect early cognition, neurodevelopment and the brain later in life, investigators at Johns Hopkins Medicine and colleagues throughout the world ...
Medical Xpress / Light-powered biohybrid cardiac interface can synchronize heart tissue contractions
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a polymeric biohybrid cardiac device that harnesses the power of light to electrically and mechanically control living heart tissue without the use of metal ...
Medical Xpress / Immune response to cancer may cause autoimmune disorders, including anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Consider two seemingly unrelated medical puzzles. First: Every day, our bodies produce hundreds of billions of new cells, many of which are mutated. If cancer arises from cellular mutation, why don't we all have the disease ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover the driving force behind a lethal infant brain tumor
An international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, McGill University and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has discovered what drives the growth of a lethal pediatric ...
