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Medical Xpress / Key human proteins that power coronavirus replication point to new treatment strategies
Despite vaccines and treatments, SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—continues to pose a global health threat, driven by new variants and its ability to hijack human cells in ways that still aren't fully understood. ...
Medical Xpress / What stiffening lung tissue reveals about the earliest stages of fibrosis
Fibrosis of the lungs is often a silent disease until it's too late. By the time patients are diagnosed, the scarring of their lung tissue is already advanced, and current treatments offer little more than a slowing of the ...
Medical Xpress / Weight change may contribute to cognitive decline in older adults
Adults over 65 whose weight decreases or fluctuates by more than 5% may experience faster cognitive decline, according to researchers in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State. The team has published its findings ...
Medical Xpress / Cancer study identifies why patients do not respond to personalized immune therapy, sparking new vaccine
Immune-checkpoint therapy (ICT), which attempts to harness a patient's own immune system to fight cancer, has revolutionized cancer care over the past two decades. However, many patients do not respond to this therapy, and ...
Medical Xpress / AI can evaluate social situations in a similar way to humans, offering new neuroscience research avenues
Artificial intelligence can detect and interpret social features between people from images and videos almost as reliably as humans, according to a new study from the University of Turku in Finland published in the journal ...
Medical Xpress / MRI correction method improves understanding of brain structure in children with ADHD
Over 5% of children and adolescents are diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) globally. This condition is characterized by a short attention span, hyperactivity or impulsive behavior that is age-inappropriate, ...
Medical Xpress / Study highlights cultural differences in parenting and reveals that how babies are soothed matters more than how fast
Researchers observed mother–infant interactions in urban UK and rural Ugandan communities, focusing on how mothers soothed their babies following naturally occurring episodes of distress.
Medical Xpress / Storing breast milk for specific times of day could support babies' circadian rhythm
Breast milk is the first "super food" for many babies. Full of vitamins, minerals, and other bioactive compounds, it helps build the young immune system and is widely considered the optimal source of infant nutrition. Not ...
Medical Xpress / Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
From Pong and Pac-Man to Minecraft and Fortnite, video games have always been a lot of fun. Sometimes, however, gamers become fixated, compulsive or—worse—spiral into a full-blown gaming disorder marked by isolation, ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover critical genetic drivers of the gut's 'nervous system' development
Vanderbilt researchers, including those from the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, have made significant strides in understanding how the enteric nervous system—sometimes called the "brain" of the gut—forms and functions.
Medical Xpress / Microfluidic platform with label-free sorting can assess neutrophil function in sepsis
Sepsis arises from infection and immune dysregulation. Neutrophils play a key role in its progression, yet existing clinical tools cannot simultaneously isolate these cells and measure their functional activity.
Medical Xpress / New insights into the epigenetic processes via which neuroinflammation causes memory loss
Neuroinflammation, a prolonged activation of the brain's immune system prompted by infections or other factors, has been linked to the disruption of normal mental functions. Past studies, for instance, have found that neuroinflammation ...
