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Medical Xpress / Aging brain cell microglia tied to neurological disorders
Researchers at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet have taken an important step toward understanding how microglia, the brain's immune cells, change with age and how these changes may contribute ...
Medical Xpress / Shorter, smarter, safer: Short-course antibiotics prove effective against ventilator-associated pneumonia
Antibiotic overuse is a key driver in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health crisis. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS (NUS Medicine) and Duke-NUS Medical School have provided ...
Medical Xpress / Ziapin2 effectively restores retinal function in preclinical models of retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino has demonstrated the effectiveness of the Ziapin2 molecule ...
Medical Xpress / Understanding the neural mechanisms and limitations of a technique for non-invasive deep-brain stimulation
Being able to noninvasively stimulate the deep brain without stimulating shallow regions is a key goal of non-invasive neurostimulation.
Medical Xpress / Long-range connections between brain regions are scarce, but essential to speed up information transmission
The human brain is formed by a complex network of neural connections and most of them link neighboring brain regions, which are also the most studied to date. But a recent neuroscientific study by Pompeu Fabra University ...
Medical Xpress / Exercise improves brain function, possibly reducing dementia risk
A study led by scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has shown that specialized cells involved in how the body responds to insulin are activated in the brain after exercise, suggesting that physical activity may ...
Medical Xpress / Weight-loss treatment for children with obesity has lasting effects, finds study
When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the results have effects later in life, and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young adulthood. However, this is not the ...
Medical Xpress / Heart cell survival in space sheds light on better treatment strategies on Earth
A team of researchers led by Emory's Chunhui Xu recently found that heart muscle cells can grow and survive in the microgravity environment of space. The team's findings, published in Biomaterials, show promise for developing ...
Medical Xpress / Making way for a digital twin of the human placenta
Preeclampsia, intrauterine fetal growth restriction, and other "great obstetrical syndromes" have been linked to disordered placenta development, so understanding the structure and function of this vital organ is critical ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers find protein that may stop autoimmune diseases and allergies
Houston Methodist researchers have identified a key protein as a potential therapeutic target for stopping the body's immune system from mistakenly attacking itself, offering new hope for treating autoimmune diseases and ...
Medical Xpress / Innovative magnetic therapy for depression preserves cognitive abilities, study reveals
An experimental treatment for depression that triggers seizures with magnets significantly improved mental health in patients without some cognitive effects associated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a clinical trial ...
Medical Xpress / Hot or cold? How the brain deciphers thermal sensations
When we touch something hot or cold, the temperature is consciously sensed. Previous studies have shown that the cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is responsible for thermal sensations. However, how the cortex determines ...