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Medical Xpress / How multinucleated cells help the brain reorganize after localized astrocyte loss
The human brain contains various types of cells that collectively support its functions. In addition to neurons, nerve cells that communicate via electrical and chemical signals, it also relies on star-shaped cells known ...
Dialog / Can we map diets as networks? Food combinations linked to mortality, cardiovascular disease and life expectancy
Imagine a typical breakfast: coffee may appear alongside eggs, toast and butter, while fruit, yogurt and whole grains may form another combination. We do not eat foods in isolation. Instead, our diets are made up of interconnected ...
Medical Xpress / How to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic patients in pediatric clinical trials
While Black and Hispanic families are enthusiastic about research participation, other provider- and system-focused factors may influence their involvement in pediatric oncology clinical trials, a UT Southwestern Medical ...
Medical Xpress / Large-scale brain scan study reveals unexpected differences in motor and visual regions linked to depression
Major depressive disorder, commonly referred to as depression, is a debilitating psychiatric disorder estimated to affect roughly 5% of the global population. Depression is characterized by persistent sadness and hopelessness, ...
Medical Xpress / Deadly brain tumors show vulnerability to new sound wave approach
In a promising sign for the potential of focused sound waves to improve care for brain tumors, UVA Health researchers have determined that tumors called gliomas may be even more receptive to targeted drug delivery than normal ...
Medical Xpress / Ancient mummy DNA provides scientific evidence that colonization brought smallpox to the Americas
Ancient mummy DNA recovered in Chile has yielded the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas.
Medical Xpress / Experimental treatment significantly slows progression of a fatal brain disease in women during clinical trial
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have presented new findings indicating that the experimental drug Davunetide may significantly slow the progression of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in women, who exhibited a markedly ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists map dormant cancer cells' hideouts, opening new targets for treatment
Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), Imperial College London and UCL Genetics Institute have created a detailed map of cells within breast tumors and identified distinct neighborhoods of proliferating ...
Dialog / When more blood does not mean more neuronal energy during REM sleep
REM sleep is already called "paradoxical sleep." The body is largely still, yet the brain is highly active. In humans, this is also the stage most closely associated with vivid dreaming. Our study, published in Communications ...
Medical Xpress / Study of 2 million newborns ties skipped vitamin K shot to higher bleeding risk
Newborns receive several routine immunizations shortly after birth. Prophylactic vitamin K is one such recommended shot. It activates several coagulation factors necessary for blood to clot properly, preventing vitamin K ...
Medical Xpress / Your personality changes more across your life than you think, according to new study
Personality traits have long been seen as set in stone, with many believing they stop changing once we reach adulthood. A recent study, however, challenges this long-held belief, suggesting that personality changes far more ...
Medical Xpress / Study suggests a shared logic of sensory processing across vertebrate brains
How does the brain make sense of what we see, hear and feel, and transform these separate signals into a coherent perception of the world?
