Medical Xpress news

Medical Xpress / Small molecule drug candidate offers hope for rare kidney stone disease with no current treatment

Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have shown that an orally administered small molecule, N-propargylglycine (N-PPG), can completely prevent the formation of calcium oxalate kidney stones, protect against ...

4 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How pancreatic tumors thwart an iron-driven demise

Tumors driven by cancer-driving KRAS mutations are often susceptible to ferroptosis, a type of cell death that can be harnessed for cancer therapy. Given that more than 95% of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs) harbor ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Innovative targeted therapy halts prostate cancer spread to the bone

New findings from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), published in Pharmacological Research, show that an innovative drug effectively prevents prostate tumors from spreading ...

2 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Reprogramming 'gatekeeper' immune cell may boost cancer immunotherapy

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how tumors disable immune "gatekeeper" cells that alert the rest of the immune system to the presence of cancer—and how restoring their energy production can ...

4 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover how the brain resolves emotional ambiguity

Scientists at the University of Oxford have demonstrated, for the first time, that a key emotional center deep in the human brain directly influences how we interpret ambiguous social cues. In a new study, published in Neuron, ...

10 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Just five minutes in cold water can boost mood, research shows

The health benefits of cold-water immersion have been closely studied in recent years, thanks to the growing popularity of cold-water swimming. Now new research from the University of Chichester has found that as little as ...

5 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Studies tie altered regulatory T cells to autism-related behavior, point to potential therapies

Two new studies from the UC Davis MIND Institute examined regulatory T cells (Tregs) and their potential role in neuroinflammation and behavioral changes associated with autism. Tregs act as immune system "brakes," calming ...

5 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Scalable sensors lower the cost of studying genetic disorders

Researchers have demonstrated a new class of low-cost, scalable sensors that can be used to monitor electrical activity in human cerebral organoids. Because electrical signals are key to understanding brain function, this ...

10 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How disinfectants influence microbes across hospital rooms

Just because a topical antiseptic is swabbed on the skin doesn't mean it stays on the skin. In a new study, Northwestern University scientists studied how a powerful antiseptic, called chlorhexidine, affects bacteria in hospital ...

13 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AI-powered portable eye scanner expands access to low-cost community screening

Imagine being able to assess how healthy the front of our eyes are not only in hospitals, but also in remote eye-screening camps, elderly-care facilities, pharmacies, or even train stations. That is the future a research ...

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Supercomputer simulations reveal early red blood cell damage in blood pumps

For patients with heart failure, blood pumps can be lifesaving. But the very forces that sustain circulation can also harm it, damaging red blood cells through hemolysis and compromising the body's oxygen supply. Now, supercomputer ...

4 hours ago
Medical Xpress / World's largest study reveals new model to rule out penicillin allergy

Melbourne researchers have led the world's largest study confirming most patients labeled allergic to penicillin are not truly allergic. The study, described as a "game changer" by lead author Professor Jason Trubiano, demonstrates ...

4 hours ago