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Medical Xpress / Cell therapy substantially reduces severe rheumatoid arthritis in first clinical trial
Immunotherapies such as CAR T-cell therapy are used primarily to treat cancer. In the future, these patient-specific therapies, manufactured from patients' own immune cells, could also help cure autoimmune diseases. Six patients ...
Medical Xpress / Special aspherical glasses slow down childhood myopia progression, two-year trial finds
The number of people who need prescription glasses to correct their vision is increasing each year as nearsightedness, or myopia, becomes more common worldwide. Current projections suggest cases could reach 50% by 2050, affecting ...
Medical Xpress / Next-generation RNA approach provides hope for genetic diseases missed by current drugs
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a next-generation RNA therapeutic approach with the potential to treat a wide range of genetic diseases that share certain disease-causing mutations. The work advances ...
Medical Xpress / Heart failure drugs may work within days by boosting cells' energy supply
Researchers have discovered that SGLT2 inhibitors, a class of drugs originally developed to treat diabetes and now widely used for heart failure, work by activating a key enzyme that helps heart cells produce and use energy ...
Medical Xpress / Largest ever molecular map of autism opens new paths to precision therapies
For more than two decades, researchers have identified hundreds of genes that increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Yet multiple fundamental questions have remained unanswered: Among them, how do mutations ...
Medical Xpress / Keto diet has greater health benefits than other popular weight-loss diets, according to clinical trial
A diet that severely limits carbohydrates but is high in fat has the greatest health benefits for people with obesity compared with a Mediterranean diet or a low-fat diet, according to a clinical trial published Aug. 27 in ...
Medical Xpress / Unexpected discovery reveals mechanism behind brain tumor development
When researchers at Lund University investigated how UM171, a molecule used to make blood stem cells multiply, works, they made an unexpected connection. The results provide new insights into how one of the most common malignant ...
Medical Xpress / Pre-cancerous blood cells may fuel disease risk by prematurely aging the bone marrow
Precancerous blood cells can actively reshape their surroundings, prematurely aging cells in the bone marrow to create conditions that favor their own growth and potentially increase the risk of blood cancer, according to ...
Medical Xpress / Brain activity patterns may 'tag' experiences for later memory-making during sleep
The brain may "tag" experiences during learning to better consolidate memories of them during sleep, according to a study published Aug. 27 in the journal PLOS Biology by Dan Denis from the University of York, United Kingdom, ...
Medical Xpress / Chronic pain is reflected in the folds and grooves of the cerebral cortex
Persistent pain often has no clear cause. However, studies show measurable differences in the structure and activity of the brains of those affected. This might explain why they experience chronic pain. "Many of our study ...
Medical Xpress / Patients are missing out on the cardiovascular benefits of blood pressure-lowering medicines, say researchers
The true impact of missing doses of blood pressure-lowering medication will be demonstrated in a presentation at ESC Congress 2026. Approximately 1.4 billion adults worldwide ages 30–79 are estimated to have high blood pressure ...
Medical Xpress / Fruit fly toolkit pinpoints neurons that suppress aggression
Our brains constantly integrate information about both our internal state and our surroundings to determine how we behave. Much of this coordination depends on neuromodulators—chemical messengers that establish how neurons ...
