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Medical Xpress / A rogue neuronal signal may lie at the root of Alzheimer's disease
What if amyloid plaques are not the whole story of Alzheimer's disease? New research suggests that a broad range of Alzheimer's pathologies may be orchestrated by a molecular switch called ERBB4 when it turns on in the wrong ...
Medical Xpress / Mimicking natural connections could improve rotator cuff repair
Researchers have developed a "scaffold" that mimics natural tissue and could lead to more durable rotator cuff repairs, including for large injuries and cases involving bone and tissue degeneration that are often the most ...
Medical Xpress / Inspired by soap bubbles, scientists reproduce alveolar movement in artificial lung model
Almost everyone has blown a soap bubble through a straw at least once. Inspired by this thin soap bubble film, an artificial lung that breathes like a real lung has been developed. A research team led by Professor Sungjune ...
Medical Xpress / AI matches human pathologists in predicting breast cancer outcomes from immune cells
Two major international Peter Mac-led studies have found AI models were just as good as human pathologists at a task that predicts outcomes for patients with breast cancer.
Medical Xpress / Immune responses to urinary tract infection linked to birth outcomes
A study published in Science Translational Medicine shows that the increased risk of preterm birth associated with urinary tract infection (UTI) is linked to the body's immune response to the infection rather than to the ...
Medical Xpress / Neural implant in Korea remotely controlled from the United States
A researcher in Chicago remotely controls a miniaturized brain implant in Daejeon, Korea—over the internet. Korean researchers have developed a wireless device that can deliver drugs and light to precisely modulate targeted ...
Medical Xpress / Why men can struggle with weight-loss initiatives
A new study has identified why many men struggle with weight loss, finding that traditional diet programs are often perceived as too restrictive and primarily aimed at women. The research, published in PLOS One and led by ...
Medical Xpress / Common diabetes medication can reduce preterm birth rates in high-risk pregnancies
A common diabetes medication can reduce the risk of early and preterm births for mothers at high metabolic risk, according to new research led by Monash University. Published in NEJM Evidence, the study investigated whether ...
Medical Xpress / How mutation disrupts cell development, driving region-specific brain tumors
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have shown that specific brain cells respond differently to H3.3 K27M, a mutation in the histone H3.3 protein that drives many cases of diffuse midline glioma (DMG), depending ...
Medical Xpress / Largest known living-eye cone cell database maps differences by age, sex and retinal location
National Eye Institute researchers have created the largest known database providing a reference for the size of individual cone photoreceptors, the cells in the retina responsible for color vision, across the lifespan. This ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental Zika vaccine reveals T cells can drive protection without antibodies
Zika virus has been spreading for decades, but it first grabbed worldwide headlines in 2016. That February, with an outbreak sweeping the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the surge in Zika-linked birth ...
Medical Xpress / Calcium heart scans sharpen risk estimates mainly for borderline-risk adults
It's an increasingly popular scan that measures calcium in the heart's arteries and helps predict the risk of future heart disease. But according to a new Northwestern Medicine study, the quick and inexpensive test—known ...
