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Medical Xpress / Scientists highlight negative impacts of sleep disruption on early brain development
Sleep deprivation in adults has long been proven to cause long-term mental and physical health issues, including, but not limited to, weakened immune systems, weight gain, depression, and increased risk of dementia.
Medical Xpress / Gut microbe enzyme with surprising metabolic capabilities offers new therapeutic possibilities
To address childhood malnutrition—which affects 200 million children globally—researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a therapeutic food that nourishes the collection of beneficial ...
Medical Xpress / New insights into amyloid β fibril growth offer hope for halting Alzheimer's progression
A collaborative research group has uncovered a new mechanism in the growth of amyloid β (Aβ) fibrils, which are closely associated with Alzheimer's disease. Using advanced high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), the ...
Medical Xpress / Mouse model reveals liver involvement in muscular dystrophy
A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1—the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy—provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver disease and display hypersensitivity ...
Medical Xpress / Gene technology detects more conditions than standard newborn screening, study finds
Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by most parents who are offered ...
Medical Xpress / Shoring up the heart muscle's intricately designed structures to treat heart failure
Our heart muscle is studded with tiny dyads, intricately designed structures that manage incoming electrical signals and calcium release to coordinate our heartbeats. Could gene therapy help maintain dyads' structure and ...
Medical Xpress / Visualization tool helps scientists spot neuronal activity patterns in mountains of data
Neuroscientists have learned a lot—like which neurons and circuits are associated with different behaviors—by recording the activity of small sets of neurons.
Medical Xpress / Scientists develop grain-sized soft robots controlled by magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery
A team of scientists at NTU has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future.
Medical Xpress / Engineers unveil AI model for predicting, controlling pandemic spread linked to air traffic
A team of engineers at the University of Houston has published a study in the journal Scientific Reports on how international air travel has influenced the spread of COVID-19 around the world. By using a newly developed AI ...
Medical Xpress / Hippocampus study shows chronic pain can be predicted within three days of whiplash injury
After only one to three days of a whiplash injury, scientists can predict which patients will develop chronic pain based on the extent of cross "talk" between two regions of the brain, and the person's anxiety level after ...
Medical Xpress / Stroke disrupts neuron formation from stem cells: Research reveals underlying mechanisms
In healthy rodent brains, newborn neurons are constantly generated in the stem cell niche, known as the subventricular zone (SVZ). These cells might help to repair a brain that has been damaged by disorders of the central ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover key to preventing fibrosis in biomaterial implants
A study from the University of Virginia's Department of Biomedical Engineering has identified a critical mechanism driving fibrosis, or scarring, in response to medical implants made with biomaterial hydrogels.