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Medical Xpress / Finding a tumor's soft spot to power-up immunotherapy

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Keck School of Medicine of USC have engineered a genetic tool that addresses one of the most persistent obstacles in cancer immunotherapy: the physical softness of ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How brain ripples help support working memory

Research from scientists at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and collaborators has shed new light on how the human brain coordinates working memory, the process in which the brain encodes information ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / For the tiniest patients, new tech brings clearer MRI images

Some of medicine's smallest patients can present its biggest imaging challenges. An infant's heart can be as small as a walnut, beating rapidly inside a body that will change dramatically as the child grows. Yet much of the ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Parents who run with a stroller have lower risk of overuse injury

Anyone who has run while pushing a stroller knows stroller running can feel cumbersome and hard on the body. But does it increase the risk of injury? According to a new study from researchers at Penn State Berks, the answer ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Unexpected findings add new insight on cannabis and heart health

Habitual cannabis users experienced about 9% fewer premature heartbeats on days they inhaled cannabis compared with days they abstained, a counterintuitive finding that adds to the complex and evolving understanding of how ...

21 hours ago
Dialog / A surprising pathway that lets the striatum talk directly to the auditory cortex

For decades, neuroscientists have thought about communication between the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia in a fairly linear way. The cortex sends information into the basal ganglia, where that information is processed ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Cortical organoids mirror mouse brain cell types, yet lose developmental sequence

Over a decade ago, scientists redefined how to study organ development by generating seemingly unremarkable clumps of cells. They dubbed them organoids: organ-like microstructures produced using stem cells. Stem cells are ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Female gut muscles reshape to meet the demands of reproduction, preclinical study suggests

Organs don't just grow in early life; they can change in response to physiological or environmental challenges in adulthood. Researchers have now identified an active role for the intestinal muscles in remodeling the gut ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Brain inflammation may cast a long dementia shadow in older survivors of encephalitis

Encephalitis is a serious condition in which an infection or autoimmune response triggers inflammation of the brain. The resulting swelling can disrupt normal brain function, causing neurological changes such as confusion, ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Men's higher TB burden may stem from greater exposure, not disease progression

Men are more likely than women to catch tuberculosis (TB), finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers. Globally, men account for around two-thirds of people diagnosed with TB, but until now, the ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Machine learning approach could bring greater certainty to prenatal genetic testing

Advances in genome sequencing are giving more families access to prenatal genetic testing and new information about an unborn baby's health, including whether genetic changes may be linked to a neurodevelopmental condition.

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Restoring inhibitory neuron plasticity may reverse neurodevelopmental disorder symptoms, preclinical study suggests

Some of the symptoms of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy, may result from dysfunction of certain neurons in the brain and their ability to change their properties in response ...

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