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Medical Xpress / Solving a mysterious inflammatory fever opens the book on a much bigger story
Three research teams working independently around the world have landed on the same discovery: A single molecular "handshake" inside our cells controls a family of inflammatory diseases, including one of the most common inherited ...
Medical Xpress / An 'energy addiction' in high-risk blood cancer stem cells could lead to new treatment strategies
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown metabolic weakness in the stem cells that drive high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), a discovery that could lead ...
Medical Xpress / AI model maps tumor tissue to improve cancer care
A tumor is more than its cancer cells. Immune cells, blood vessels and other surrounding tissue influence how a cancer grows and responds to treatment. Two tumors containing the same cell types can respond very differently ...
Medical Xpress / HIV-1 proviruses may drive chronic systemic inflammation
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system and remains a major global health challenge because of persistent viral reservoirs, despite effective treatments. Key factors include around ...
Medical Xpress / New analysis explains why bone marrow cancer T cells may need therapeutic activation
A team led by researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the HI-STEM Stem Cell Institute, and Medical Clinic V at Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) has characterized T cells in the bone marrow of patients ...
Medical Xpress / Noninvasive brain stimulation may improve Parkinson's nonmotor symptoms and daily activity
A research team led by Professor Ho Kyung Yoon of the Department of Psychiatry and Professor Do Young Kwon of the Department of Neurology at Korea University Ansan Hospital demonstrated that transcranial direct current stimulation ...
Medical Xpress / Molecular mapping reveals hidden cellular programs in heart transplant rejection
A new study that explores gene expression during heart transplant rejection marks a step forward for precision medicine approaches to treat organ rejection.
Medical Xpress / Fifteen minutes more movement linked to 2% lower cancer risk
Replacing 15 minutes of sleep or sedentary behavior with 15 minutes of movement was each linked to a 2% reduced risk of cancer, new UCL research has found.
Medical Xpress / MBNL1 identified as a potential cancer drug target for a type of childhood leukemia
Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and collaborators have discovered that the RNA-binding protein MBNL1 promotes the growth of a form of childhood leukemia characterized by KMT2A gene rearrangements. The ...
Medical Xpress / Prediabetes remission could become a central goal of diabetes prevention
Type 2 diabetes usually develops over many years, yet preventive measures often begin only once blood glucose levels are already elevated. An international panel of experts led by University Hospital Tübingen and the German ...
Medical Xpress / Where women live may influence ovarian cancer survival, especially among Black women
A new study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that women living in socially vulnerable communities face a 20% higher risk of death after an ovarian cancer diagnosis compared with women living in less ...
Medical Xpress / Prostate cancer prognosis linked to prostate-specific antigen levels below threshold
After treatment for metastatic prostate cancer, a drop in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in the blood is an indicator that treatment is working. A recent real-world study indicates that reaching a PSA level below ...
