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Medical Xpress / A 3D-printed delivery system enhances vaccine delivery via microneedle array patch

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted an urgent need for efficient, durable, and widely accessible vaccines. This prompted several important innovations in vaccine technology, and researchers continue to explore new and creative ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Vaccination
Medical Xpress / Two key enzymes drive fat loss while preserving muscle: New pathway may lead to safer obesity treatments

A team of scientists has uncovered a critical mechanism that could pave the way for safer and more effective obesity treatments. The findings, published in Nature Communications, shed light on how leptin, a hormone that regulates ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Overweight & Obesity
Medical Xpress / Understanding the path from genetic changes to Parkinson's disease opens possibilities for early diagnosis

A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital has uncovered a chain of events that connects genetic alterations, disruptions ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / AI model reads brain MRIs in seconds, hitting up to 97.5% accuracy

An AI-powered model developed at the University of Michigan can read a brain MRI and diagnose a person in seconds, a study suggests. The model detected neurological conditions with up to 97.5% accuracy and predicted how urgently ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Radiology & Imaging
Medical Xpress / Sleep disruption damages gut's self-repair ability via stress signals from brain: A biological chain reaction

Chronic sleep disruption doesn't just leave people tired and irritable. It may quietly undermine the gut's ability to repair itself, increasing vulnerability to serious digestive diseases. A new study from the University ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Sleep disorders
Medical Xpress / Maternal perinatal depression may increase the risk of autistic-related traits in girls

A research team from the Department of Psychiatry at Tohoku University, led by Dr. Zhiqian Yu and Professor Hiroaki Tomita, has uncovered compelling evidence that maternal perinatal depression—psychological distress occurring ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Preclinical study successfully reverses loss of blood flow to brain, an early sign of Alzheimer's disease

Supriya Chakraborty might have been studying insects in a lab had it not been for an immunology college instructor in India who taught him about the superheroes inside him—immune cells that wage a battle against bacteria, ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / ABCA1 protein releases molecular brakes on solid tumor immunotherapy, study finds

In recent years, cancer researchers have made major breakthroughs by using the body's immune system to fight cancer. One of the most promising approaches, known as immune checkpoint blockade, works by releasing molecular ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Keto diet a potential treatment for depression, trial shows

The keto diet might help ease depression in people who aren't responding to antidepressants, a new study reports. People prescribed a keto diet had slightly lower symptoms of depression after six weeks compared to others ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / 'Sticky coat' boosts triple negative breast cancer's ability to metastasize

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a strategy that triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells use to boost their ability to metastasize, or spread to other organs. Metastasis is the leading cause of ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / RNA therapeutics shrink metastasized lung tumors in mouse study

A new study in mice hints at the potential to use tiny particles made with RNA molecules to deliver chemotherapy drugs and other therapies directly to tumors, killing cancer cells without generating an immune response or ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Study finds 90 minutes weekly activity after ablation linked to fewer atrial fibrillation relapses

New research from CU Anschutz scientists suggests that staying physically active after heart rhythm treatment may significantly reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) returning, offering patients a simple, low-cost way ...

Feb 6, 2026 in Cardiology