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Medical Xpress / 'Plug-and-play' CAR T technology adapts as cancer changes

Researchers from City of Hope have developed a new "plug-and-play" technology that adds engineered molecules to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells after treatment, allowing scientists to better control the cells and ...

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Medical Xpress / Immune cells that may help sustain type 1 diabetes attack identified

Type 1 diabetes isn't an overnight attack against the body's ability to make insulin. It can be a sustained campaign over years that relentlessly targets insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Scientists have not fully ...

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Medical Xpress / Why repeated exposures may make allergies worse

A new preclinical study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham offers a potential explanation for two longstanding questions in allergy: Why do allergies often emerge only after repeated exposure, and why do people ...

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Medical Xpress / 'Reporter game' helps regulate sensory-brain activity in autistic youth, MRI study finds

For many autistic children, everyday sensations such as the feel of scratchy fabric or a loud car alarm can be intensely distressing. Known as sensory over-responsivity, this common symptom can affect all aspects of everyday ...

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Medical Xpress / More than a third of positive tests for mpox may have been false diagnoses

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared the mpox upsurge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its spread to neighboring countries a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The emergence ...

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Medical Xpress / Lower spinal bone density may flag people at risk for cognitive decline

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that lower bone mineral density in the spine was associated with faster cognitive decline and accelerated age-related white matter injury, according to a study published in Radiology.

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Medical Xpress / AI could cut medical device recalls by nearly a third, study finds

Most medical devices do not enter the market through rigorous safety testing but by being deemed similar enough to something already approved—the "predicate" device—through a mechanism known as the FDA's 510(k) pathway. But ...

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Medical Xpress / When the brain gets tired, endurance suffers

After a day spent perusing reports, juggling emails, resolving conflicts and making decisions, a bike ride will seem more taxing, even though your legs aren't any weaker. To shed light on this phenomenon, Benjamin Pageaux, ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Changing the way we age: Discovery could help preserve muscle strength

A groundbreaking discovery at the University of Missouri could help older adults maintain the muscle strength they need to stay active and independent, whether that means safely crossing the street or playing with their grandchildren.

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Medical Xpress / Novel mouse model reveals the mechanisms of a rare genetic encephalopathy

A team at the Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine has reached a major milestone in understanding a rare and severe form of genetic encephalopathy associated with the DHDDS gene. By developing the first mouse ...

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Medical Xpress / Patients with developmental disabilities still face kidney transplant disparities despite state laws

State laws to combat disability-based discrimination in the organ transplant process aren't working, according to new research from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, ...

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Medical Xpress / Brain-mapping framework reveals shifts in information flow during pain and movie watching

In the brain, information travels among distributed networks, groups of interconnected regions that work together and contribute to specific behaviors, feelings or thoughts. To study how information travels through these ...

Sep 22, 2026