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Medical Xpress / Biosensor works with blood samples to identify pancreatic cancer in early stages
Brazilian researchers have developed an electrochemical sensor that can detect pancreatic cancer in its early stages. The device identifies the biomarker molecule CA19-9, which is associated with the disease, at low concentrations ...
Medical Xpress / MorphoGenie learns reusable cell features that could sharpen disease diagnosis
Cells contain a wealth of information about health and disease, but extracting that data reliably from microscope images remains a major challenge. Many important differences between healthy and diseased cells are too subtle ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover how the intestine balances cell growth and maintenance
A new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine found that the protein caspase-5 (CASP5), long thought to be a foot soldier in the body's defense against bacterial infection, does not actually help clear invaders the ...
Medical Xpress / New glioblastoma clue could lead to therapies that weaken tumors and boost immune memory
A team of researchers from Brown University Health and Brown University has uncovered an important clue in the fight against glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer in adults.
Medical Xpress / Smart laser dimmer cuts neural crosstalk in brain-circuit imaging and control
A cross-disciplinary team led by Prof. Qu Jianan from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Prof. Julie L. Semmelhack from the Division of Life Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ...
Medical Xpress / How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children's lives
A new study on sepsis training in Ghana builds on prior research showing the impact of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free platform developed in 2020. It is being used in other medical settings—and its co-creator sees potential in ...
Medical Xpress / Encouraging dieting and weight loss can shape youth body image into adulthood
Young adults spend hours a day on social media platforms filled with exercise influencers, fitness trends, and other appearance-focused content that can reinforce unrealistic body ideals. And for many of these younger people, ...
Medical Xpress / Why concussion patients without family doctors are more likely to end up in the emergency department
Patients experiencing higher levels of socioeconomic marginalization and without established family physicians were more likely to seek initial concussion care in hospital emergency departments (EDs) rather than outpatient ...
Medical Xpress / Physicians pay price for parental leave: Increasing workload in early pregnancy, returning soon after childbirth
Physicians experiencing pregnancy often maintained or increased their workload in the first and second trimesters, then reduced it in the third, according to a new research study from ICES and Unity Health Toronto. The study ...
Medical Xpress / E. coli and 'good' bacteria are balanced by breast milk in baby gut microbiomes
Sugars contained exclusively in breast milk are helping to feed an important balance of bacteria in babies' developing gut microbiomes, a new study has found. In a paper published in Nature Communications, a European research ...
Medical Xpress / A hidden DNA region helps drive frailty, exposing brain and immune links that reshape aging risk
Researchers at McMaster University have identified, for the first time, a novel region of DNA and two associated genes connected to frailty, offering neurological and immune-related insights that might help explain why some ...
Medical Xpress / Why electroconvulsive therapy remains contested: Families report memory loss, worse quality of life and limited benefits
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which involves passing electricity through the brain under general anesthesia to cause a seizure, usually between six and 12 times, is used to varying degrees around the world for patients ...
