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Medical Xpress / Sleep could help identify people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease at an earlier stage

What if certain signs of the disease were to manifest subtly during sleep, long before the first memory problems appear? This is the line of inquiry being explored by a team of researchers at ULiège.

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Medical Xpress / Cells' own abnormal RNA may trigger inflammation during viral infection, challenging 20 years of assumptions

New research led by the Hudson Institute of Medical Research has shown how a cell recognizes that it is infected with a virus to protect itself and surrounding cells or induce inflammation. The discovery, published in Nature ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / MRI model reveals microstructural brain changes linked to Huntington's disease

Researchers have shown that an imaging model can detect microstructural abnormalities in the brain associated with Huntington's disease, potentially offering a new method for monitoring disease progression and evaluating ...

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Medical Xpress / Long before adulthood, a chemical mark may quietly shape how the brain handles stress

Stress or trauma during childhood may leave people more vulnerable to mental health struggles and stress later in life. Scientists think one reason could be that early-life stress leaves lasting molecular bookmarks on DNA, ...

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Medical Xpress / Cell-surface receptors guide antisense therapy to mutant KRAS in pancreatic cancer cells

Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) have been proposed as a therapeutic approach to shut down the production of faulty proteins in a wide variety of diseases, including cancer. In a study published in the Journal of Cell Biology ...

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Medical Xpress / ACL injuries may get an early-warning system through AI and wearable sensors

As a sophomore wide receiver who had just joined the USF football team, Jaden Alexis didn't expect a routine play to turn into a career-defining moment. During preseason football camp, Alexis had just sprinted up the sideline ...

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Medical Xpress / Immune cells rely on a cholesterol sensor to maintain balance, researchers discover

Every day, billions of cells in our body die and are removed as part of normal tissue maintenance. This continuous cleanup process is essential for keeping the immune system in balance and preventing harmful immune reactions ...

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Medical Xpress / Stem cells create humanlike heart valve tissue to model disease and test treatments

Melbourne researchers have created human heart valve tissues from stem cells, providing a powerful new platform to advance treatments for childhood heart diseases.

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Medical Xpress / Wearable microneedle patch empowers conventional ultrasound for continuous glucose monitoring

Long-term diabetes management requires continuous blood glucose monitoring to detect abnormalities early and intervene in time. However, conventional fingertip blood sampling is both painful and inconvenient, while most continuous ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Thyroid's two hormone-producing cell types develop separately before merging, study finds

The thyroid gland consists of two types of hormone-producing cells that regulate the body's metabolism and calcium balance. In mammals, these cell types merge into a single organ, whereas in other vertebrates, they develop ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / A free, continuously updated guide to bipolar disorder treatments

The most comprehensive review to date has identified the most effective bipolar disorder treatments across different age groups and mood phases. It was published in The BMJ.

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Medical Xpress / A broader panel of protein markers could lead to better blood tests for Alzheimer's

In Alzheimer's disease, amyloid plaques form in the brain, followed by threadlike structures made of the protein tau. Both changes have toxic effects on the brain's nerve cells years before dementia symptoms appear. Historically, ...

19 hours ago