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Medical Xpress / Nuts hold key minerals, but digestion unlocks only part of them

The presence of minerals in oilseeds, such as Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa) and cashews (Anacardium occidentale), does not guarantee that the body will use them. A study conducted at the Diadema campus of the Federal ...

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Medical Xpress / HERC2 gene's key role in rare neurodevelopmental syndrome deciphered

For years, it has been known that mutations in both copies of the HERC2 gene are associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by global developmental delay, intellectual disability, features of the autism spectrum ...

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Medical Xpress / Personalized blood pressure control after thrombectomy boosts 90-day stroke recovery

Blood pressure management after thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke may require a change in approach. The HOPE clinical trial—short for Hemodynamic Optimization of Cerebral Perfusion after Endovascular Therapy—led by the ...

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Medical Xpress / Mesothelioma cases and deaths keep rising in US despite decades of asbestos regulation

Mesothelioma deaths and diagnoses continue to rise in the United States despite decades of asbestos regulation and reduced industrial use, according to a new national analysis from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part ...

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Medical Xpress / Gut microbes unlock hormone signaling that regulates gut movement, study suggests

Millions of people worldwide are periodically or chronically affected by gut-related conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and gastroenteritis. Uncovering the physiological ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Sleepy mice forget who they have met, but an asthma drug brings it all back

Anyone who has had a bad night knows that they can feel "foggy" the next day. This fogginess may extend to our memory: remembering where we went, who we met or what happened during the encounter. Neuroscientist Robbert Havekes ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Socioeconomic factors may leave more lasting imprint on children's brains than IQ or parenting style

Our brains make us who we are. But what makes our brains? Which of the myriad experiences and characteristics that define a child's life and identity—from screen time to sleep to illness—leave imprints in the folds of that ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Novel gene therapy platform restores muscle function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy model

A new treatment platform developed by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was able to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) of the full-length DMD gene into preclinical models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cancer drug combo activates inflammatory signal that could boost immune response

What if a new combination of cancer drugs could sound an alarm, alerting the body's immune system to invoke a targeted response to cancer cells? Findings from a new study appear in a paper published in Nucleic Acids Research.

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Supercharged natural killer cells suppress solid tumors in mice

Scientists have made great progress in harnessing the body's own immune cells to treat so-called liquid tumors, cancers of the blood and lymphatic system. Yet these powerful cell therapies have been no match for solid tumors, ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI chatbots mimic fear, sadness and stress, then calm down after mindfulness exercise

Large language models (LLMs) can replicate human emotions like fear, sadness and anxiety, and be "calmed down" by a breathing exercise, suggests a study published in The Lancet Digital Health. This means LLMs could potentially ...

Jun 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Moment-to-moment memory access may depend on histamine neuron swings

The same memory can feel vivid and accessible one moment, yet stubbornly out of reach the next—even when the memory itself remains intact. A research team led by Professor Hiroshi Nomura at the Institute of Brain Science, ...

Jun 11, 2026