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Medical Xpress / Placental transport mechanism could guide safer biologic medicines during pregnancy

Biologic medicines have transformed the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, migraine, inflammatory disorders and many other conditions. Yet their growing use among women of reproductive age constitutes a major clinical ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Organs age at different speeds: A blood test might soon tell which ones

AI-based "tissue clocks" can estimate the biological age of human organs from histological images, researchers at the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Ludwig Boltzmann ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cell 'invisibility cloaks' could offer side-effect-free diabetes treatment

Outfitting cells in "invisibility cloaks" may offer an easier, less damaging treatment pathway for people with diabetes undergoing cell therapy, according to researchers at Penn State.

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Deep brain stimulation strengthens reward signals after one 20-minute session, study finds

A study from Emory University School of Medicine suggests that a single 20-minute session of noninvasive deep brain stimulation, paired with mindful breathing, may strengthen the brain's response to reward and reduce anxiety. ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Global atlas uncovers 55,000 RNA viruses across nearly 100 cities

Scientists can't prepare for future viral threats if they don't know what's already in the environment. That's the idea behind an international research project involving the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Waist size is a powerful indicator of health risks, researchers find

Measuring waist size may be one of the simplest and most effective ways to detect obesity-related health risks, according to a study by Rutgers Health researchers.

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Quitting alcohol changes the brain and can increase the risk of compulsive drinking—new research in mice

For some, abstaining from alcohol can subsequently increase compulsive drinking. Our research team found that, in abstaining mice, this urge to drink is preceded by changes in the activity of a particular brain region, pointing ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Breast cancers can recruit bone cells to increase tumor growth

Researchers at WashU Medicine have shown that cells originating in bone and best known for their role in bone formation are recruited to primary breast tumors, where they become cancer-associated fibroblasts, a type of cell ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / New mechanism may help predict and improve macrophage-targeted cancer immunotherapy

Immunotherapy that targets tumor-associated macrophages, a type of immune cell in the tumor microenvironment, works only if the cells have a functional system of molecules that enables them to respond to the treatment. This ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Selenite changes key properties of pancreatic cancer cells in experimental models

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet report in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research that sodium selenite not only can damage tumor cells but also influence characteristics linked to tumor aggressiveness ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Platelet-targeting approach offers a new path to safer thrombosis protection

Glycoprotein VI, or GPVI for short, is a surface receptor found exclusively on platelets and their precursor cells, megakaryocytes in the bone marrow. GPVI is primarily responsible for binding collagen at the site of an injured ...

Aug 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI is already reaching people in distress, but mental health safeguards lag behind

As AI use gains traction in mental health care, Deakin University researchers have raised the alarm that there are currently no agreed-upon frameworks in place to regulate or guide its application.

Aug 14, 2026