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Medical Xpress / Lab-grown human skin advances our understanding of the critical role of skin blood vessels

New research has shown that single blood vessel cells that appear in the earliest stages of lab-grown skin organoids have the ability to form complex microvascular networks that grow and mature over time. These self-organizing ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Bile duct cells reveal key pathway that may shape personalized fibrosis treatment

Many liver diseases share a common characteristic: fibrosis, the progressive accumulation of scarring in the liver tissue. Those scars—the liver's response to persistent injuries or attacks—can prevent the organ from functioning ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Microrobotics technology to help transform cancer treatments of the future

Cancer treatment and other delicate medical procedures could one day be carried out using tiny microrobots guided precisely inside the body after scientists developed a new magnetic tool to control them. The new tool, called ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / The link between reduced inpatient psychiatric care and suicide

In Sweden, more resources have been allocated to expanding outpatient psychiatric care while the number of inpatient beds is steadily declining. A study by Lund University shows a statistical link between fewer psychiatric ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / First-ever freeze-dried artificial platelets are shelf-stable and portable—a major advance for field medicine

Platelets, which allow blood to clot, can save patients in danger of bleeding to death from traumatic injuries. But donated platelets can only be given to patients in a hospital and last only a few days at room temperature ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Microplastics turn up in nearly every human brain sample, including healthy tissue

Tiny micro- and nanoplastic fragments seem to be turning up everywhere, including one of the most well-protected parts of the human body—the brain. In a recent study conducted by Chinese researchers, they found microplastics ...

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Excessive cholesterol in astrocytes linked to cognitive decline in Alzheimer's mice

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that leads to progressive memory loss and a decline in mental functions. Several past studies have linked this disease to the accumulation of the protein amyloid-β ...

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Age, sex, and cancer type can influence risk of subsequent cancers among survivors

The risk of developing a subsequent primary cancer varied significantly by age at initial diagnosis, sex, and type of first cancer, according to a study by Oxana Palesh and Susan Hong and colleagues at Virginia Commonwealth ...

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists create first-ever 'smell map' of the nose's smell receptors

For most of us, the sense of smell is an integral part of everyday life; it plays a critical role in providing information about our surroundings, alerting us to potential dangers, enhancing our sense of taste, and evoking ...

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why bone metastases resist treatment: New method identifies immune cells shielding tumors

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have developed a method that reveals the cellular makeup of tissues that support metastatic cancer growth, which is the primary cause of death for most ...

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Koala vaccine offers clues to solving human health challenge

A vaccine first developed to protect koalas from a devastating disease is now offering rare insights that could help accelerate human vaccine development for one of the world's most common sexually transmitted infections.

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Digital health literacy higher in lower-income countries, 30-country survey finds

A cross-national survey of 31,000 adults in 30 countries finds that digital health literacy is highest in low- and middle-income countries and lowest in high-income countries, challenging assumptions that national wealth ...

Apr 28, 2026