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Medical Xpress / First evidence of mirror-like activity found in individual human neurons
In the early 1990s, researchers studying nonhuman primates discovered a population of brain cells they called "mirror neurons." These specialized brain cells fired when the animal performed an action and also when the animal ...
Medical Xpress / Additional transfusion risk emerges for patients with tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome, beyond meat allergy
A new multi-institutional study led by researchers at Dartmouth Health and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth suggests that alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne disease that can result in a chronic allergy to meat and animal ...
Medical Xpress / 'Teacher cells' coated with tumor fragments train T cells to attack cancer in lab tests
The immune system possesses legions of T cells that, if primed, could hunt down and destroy tumors. Now, a UC San Francisco team has invented a way to do this by combining immune cells grown in the lab with samples from a ...
Medical Xpress / Mucus-coated tumor spheres reveal potential targets to curb colorectal cancer spread
Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland and Gustave Roussy Institute in France have discovered a molecular mechanism that regulates whether cells in an aggressive colorectal cancer are conventional or inverted ...
Medical Xpress / A painless punch with a microneedle patch could detect kidney disease earlier
Kidney disease is silent in its early stages, progressing without symptoms until the disease is advanced. Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, in collaboration with researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Nicotine e-cigarettes help four more people per 100 quit than patches or gum
Nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective at helping people quit smoking than many conventional methods, including nicotine gum and patches, behavioral support or no support at all, an updated Cochrane review finds.
Medical Xpress / Biodegradable 3D-printed gastric stent with lattice design could eliminate repeat procedures
Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed BRIDGE (Biodegradable aRchitected Internal DrainaGE), a biodegradable, 3D-printed gastric stent that could improve treatment for gastric leaks, a serious complication following ...
Medical Xpress / Spouted baby food pouches are more like sugary drinks/smoothies than nutritious food
Commercial baby foods in spouted pouches—intended to boost nutritional intake from the age of 6 months onward—are often more like sugary drinks and smoothies than nutritious food, finds an analysis of U.K. products, published ...
Medical Xpress / New oral nanomedicine boosts effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies
Immune checkpoint blockade is a form of cancer treatment that works by releasing the natural brakes on the immune system, allowing T cells to find and destroy cancer cells. Although it has transformed cancer immunotherapy, ...
Medical Xpress / Deep sleep brain waves offer protection against Alzheimer's disease, new research shows
Poor sleep quality has been linked to cognitive decline, neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease in older adults. A new international study led by Concordia researchers and published in the journal Neurology shows that ...
Medical Xpress / Global snakebite envenoming and mortality incidence are higher than previously reported
Venomous snake bites can cause illness, disability and death in tropical and subtropical regions. A study published Aug. 25 in PLOS Medicine by Dileepa Ediriweera and Anuradhani Kasturuiratne, along with colleagues at the ...
Medical Xpress / Abnormal differentiation of fetal neural progenitor cells causes autistic-like behavior in mice
Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. It has attracted significant attention because of its high prevalence, ...
