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Medical Xpress / What a 'silenced' chromosome can tell us about autoimmunity

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most common form of lupus, is an autoimmune disorder that occurs more frequently in women. Having multiple X chromosomes has been associated with an increased risk of developing lupus; ...

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Medical Xpress / Scientists unlock gut-healing power of fruits and nuts paired with the right gut microbes

University of Louisville researchers have discovered how a naturally occurring microbial compound may help protect the gut and support future treatment strategies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

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Medical Xpress / Immune cell–fibroblast crosstalk may be the key trigger of autoimmune diseases

In autoimmune disorders, immune cells targeting "self" proteins are mistakenly activated, resulting in abnormal expansion and responsiveness. These disorders are known to reduce patients' quality of life over a prolonged ...

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Medical Xpress / How high cholesterol dismantles the liver's defenses—and how a new drug could combat it

Cholesterol-related heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, and while doctors have more tools than ever to treat it, many patients still can't achieve safe cholesterol levels or can't tolerate the side ...

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Dialog / How AI could help doctors monitor children born with common congenital heart defect

Every echocardiogram is a moving story. For a baby born with a complex heart condition, the gray and black images on the ultrasound screen can influence some of the earliest and most important decisions a medical team makes: ...

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Medical Xpress / Bandage-like device delivers hydrogen sulfide to wounds, boosting blood flow where healing stalls

For most people, a blister or small cut is an inconvenience. For others, it can become something much more serious.

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Medical Xpress / Mapping the hidden rules of a key immune sensor

The immune system depends on molecular alarms that detect danger inside cells. One of these alarms is STING, short for "stimulator of interferon genes." STING helps cells respond to infections, damaged DNA and cancer. When ...

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Medical Xpress / Simple eye scan in preterm infants may help predict brain development

Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and behavior. Today, many of those challenges are not fully recognized until later in infancy or early childhood. ...

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Medical Xpress / Hidden mechanism driving joint tissue growth in rheumatoid arthritis has been found

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have identified a specialized population of immune cells that plays a central role in driving abnormal tissue growth in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), offering new insight into ...

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Medical Xpress / Declining global acceptability of intimate partner violence tied to declining prevalence

A study of more than 60 countries shows those with faster declines in the social acceptability of intimate partner violence against women also tend to have had faster reductions in rates of such violence, as well as faster ...

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Medical Xpress / Early immune clues that determine who develops TB may lead to new ways to intervene earlier and stop the disease

A quarter of the global population is estimated to have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, yet only 5%–10% of those infected go on to develop active tuberculosis (TB). "The big question has always been what distinguishes ...

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Medical Xpress / Age limits alone won't fix smartphone risks, suggests study

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, found that a year after receiving their ...

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