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Medical Xpress / New RNA vaccine strategy aims to build broader immunity against mutating viruses
New research by Malaghan's Connor Laboratory, published in PNAS, shows how directing the immune system toward conserved areas of the COVID virus and its many variants using RNA technology could be a significant step toward ...
Medical Xpress / The hidden role of a cell-cycle regulator in senescent cells that don't divide
In a tale of identities as divergent as "The Prince and the Pauper," a well-known cancer-causing gene also influences cells in a zombie-like state meant to prevent cancer.
Medical Xpress / Brain recordings hint at how AI reads facial expressions differently from us
The human brain can recognize a person's face and expression in less than a blink of an eye, but current artificial intelligence (AI) models, although fairly accurate at doing the same, use a different process than the brain. ...
Medical Xpress / Brain scans reveal how personalized social media content may amplify negative moods
While social media algorithms have become excellent at matching a user's viewing habits with targeted, personalized content, psychologists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that these algorithms may negatively ...
Medical Xpress / Three shifting immune states in sepsis could explain why treatments miss their window
Researchers have mapped how the immune response in people with sepsis changes over time. The work, led by King's College London, could help pave the way for treatments that target the specific parts of the immune system that ...
Medical Xpress / A liver signaling pathway may explain why colorectal cancer weakens muscle and bone
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz and Indiana University School of Medicine have identified a biological process that may help explain why colorectal cancer can cause severe muscle and bone loss, especially ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cells that drive harmful autoantibody responses after COVID-19 identified
When the immune system encounters a virus, it produces antibodies designed to recognize and eliminate the invader. But in some people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the immune response goes awry, ...
Medical Xpress / Candida on urinary catheters can be more than contamination, patient samples suggest
Relying on a urinary catheter is a standard part of medical care for hundreds of thousands of patients each year. Unfortunately, the device carries the risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), for which ...
Medical Xpress / Mimicry connects smokers and can make quitting difficult
Going out for a smoke together and mimicking behaviors associated with smoking can double tobacco consumption and make quitting more difficult. Researchers from SWPS University examined mimicry as a "social glue" in interactions ...
Medical Xpress / Policy changes could make esketamine more affordable for treatment-resistant depression
A joint research team led by the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in collaboration with The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New York University and Newcastle University, has found that a combination ...
Medical Xpress / Not all blood vessel cells respond to injury in the same way
Millions of people worldwide are affected by diseases that cause scarring of the lungs, often leading to breathing difficulties and reduced quality of life. Progressive scarring of the lungs can severely impair breathing ...
Medical Xpress / Human blood marker points to a compound that slows ALS in mice
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe neurological disease that destroys nerve cells responsible for muscle movement. The disease typically begins with limb or bulbar weakness and progresses to respiratory failure. ...
