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Medical Xpress / HIV antibody opens up new approaches for vaccine development and combination therapies

An international research team has identified a novel HIV antibody that targets the virus at a particularly vulnerable site and overcomes previous limitations of known antibodies. This study, led by Professor Dr. Florian ...

Feb 12, 2026 in HIV & AIDS
Medical Xpress / Climate-friendly diet yields unexpectedly strong nutritional outcomes

That eating plenty of vegetables, wholegrains and legumes is beneficial for health is well known. More surprising, however, is that people who eat in an environmentally-friendly way also display nutritional values that are ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Mapping the role of a master regulator in early brain development

New findings from Karolinska Institutet reveal how the gene HNRNPU coordinates several fundamental molecular processes during the earliest stages of human brain development. The study is published in Nucleic Acids Research ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Gut microbes bolster immunity in HIV patients, research reveals

The circumstances surrounding a study on a deadly virus could hardly have been more dramatic. One of its first authors was forced to flee his homeland when it became a war zone. More than 2,000 kilometers away, the laboratory ...

Feb 12, 2026 in HIV & AIDS
Medical Xpress / Exercise may train the brain to build endurance via SF1 neuron activity

Exercise does more than strengthen muscles; it also rewires the brain. In a study published in Neuron, researchers reveal that the lasting gain in endurance from repeated exercise—such as the ability to run farther and ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Exposure to intense wildfire smoke during pregnancy may be linked to increased likelihood of autism

New research suggests that exposure to intense wildfire smoke during pregnancy may be associated with an increased likelihood of autism in children. The study of more than 8.6 million births in California is the largest to ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Autism spectrum disorders
Medical Xpress / A glaucoma drug may help prevent opioid relapse

An existing drug currently used to treat glaucoma, altitude sickness, and seizures may also have the potential to prevent relapse in opioid use disorder, according to a study by researchers at University of Iowa Health Care. ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Addiction
Medical Xpress / Multi-country malaria trial shows a more efficient way to treat the disease

Landmark findings from a major malaria clinical trial led by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) and international collaborators have confirmed the safety and effectiveness of two Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Medical research
Medical Xpress / As nights warm, study flags possible prenatal link to autism risk

Higher nighttime temperatures during pregnancy may be associated with a higher risk of autism diagnosis in children, according to a new study led by researchers at Tulane University. The research examined nearly 295,000 mother–child ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Autism spectrum disorders
Medical Xpress / Mpox transmission model sheds light on a medical mystery

In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from South Dakota State University—led by associate professor Saikat Basu—determined the critical exposure durations for inhaled transmission of pox viruses, including ...

Medical Xpress / Lung cancer drug offers a surprising new treatment against ovarian cancer

A new study published by Mayo Clinic researchers suggests that ovarian cancer cells quickly activate a survival response after PARP inhibitor treatment, and blocking this early response may make this class of drugs work better. ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / 3D imaging traces vascular amyloid spread in the human brain, from surface arteries to deeper vessels

Researchers at Niigata University have used advanced three-dimensional (3D) imaging to reveal how amyloid β (Aβ) deposits spread along blood vessels in the human brain in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). By analyzing ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Neuroscience