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Medical Xpress / Inherited gene variants may shape CAR-T therapy benefits and toxic side effects

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy, which reprograms an individual's immune cells to seek out and destroy certain cancer cells, has revolutionized treatment for blood cancers such as lymphoma. But in some patients, ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Scientists develop more photostable near-infrared fluorescent dye for longer surgical imaging

Researchers in Korea have developed a new near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent dye with significantly improved photostability, overcoming the rapid signal fading that has long limited fluorescence imaging during surgery for cancer, ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New wearable ring tracks glucose, ketone and other biomarkers in sweat simultaneously

Engineers at the University of California San Diego created a smart ring that simultaneously and continuously monitors up to four different chemical biomarkers from finger sweat. The biomarkers the smart ring can monitor ...

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Experimental plague vaccine strategy protects mice with missing key immune defenses

The plague has killed more people than World War II. The bacterium Yersinia pestis (Yp), which causes plague, has triggered three major pandemics throughout history, leaving behind a casualty toll of more than 200 million ...

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists find compound that may help muscles stay strong as we age

Skeletal muscle is one of the first tissues to decline with age. This decline can lead to weakness, scarring, fat accumulation inside muscle and the loss of fast-twitch muscle fibers that are important for quick, powerful ...

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Injectable biomaterial harnesses the immune system to promote brain repair after stroke

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed an injectable biomaterial that helps transform the cavity left behind after a stroke caused by a blood clot into an environment more supportive of repair. By recruiting ...

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial kept secret: Report

A 6-year-old Chinese girl died last year after receiving an experimental gene therapy to correct a non-life-threatening condition, according to an investigation by Science and Retraction Watch.

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Distinct brain circuits explain contradictory behaviors of new weight-loss drugs

Cambridge scientists have solved the mystery of why both stimulating and blocking a particular "switch" in the brain can help people lose weight—findings that could help boost the effectiveness of obesity drugs.

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / New mechanoresistant cancer cells show how they survive high stress environments

When a cancer cell leaves the original tumor to spread to a new, faraway location, it first has to survive what most cells cannot: periodic high-force moments in the vessels and heart of up to 5,000 dynes per centimeter squared ...

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Could this enzyme help remove 'zombie' cells from our tissues?

Our population is aging. The United Nations reports that by 2050, the number of people age 85 and older on our planet is set to triple. But a longer life span isn't the same as a longer health span (the number of years we ...

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Giving antibodies 'eyes' may help target hidden KRAS mutations in cancer cells

Antibodies are like "guided missiles" that find and attack cancer cells, but cancer-causing mutations inside cells have remained a "blind spot" for treatment because antibodies cannot reach them. KAIST researchers have now ...

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Oral antiviral blocks airborne measles-like virus spread in ferret model

A new oral antiviral drug candidate, administered either before or after direct-contact or airborne exposure to canine distemper virus, which causes measles-like disease in ferrets, blocks virus transmission and reduces clinical ...

Jul 24, 2026