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Medical Xpress / Maternal microbiome compound may hold key to preventing liver disease
Children born to mothers who consume a high-fat, high-sugar diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding face a higher risk of developing fatty liver disease later in life.
Medical Xpress / How a unique class of neurons may set the table for brain development
The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens. A new study by researchers in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT that focused ...
Medical Xpress / Gut bacteria molecule boosts lung cancer treatment response
UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a small compound produced naturally by gut bacteria that doubled the response to lung cancer immunotherapy treatment in mice and can now be made into a drug for testing ...
Medical Xpress / Customizable stainless steel neural probes enable safer, less expensive brain sensing
The human brain is complex. Understanding deep brain function usually requires the insertion of probes that frequently result in irreversible tissue damage. Current neural probes are made out of silicon, a brittle material ...
Medical Xpress / Specialized clinic visits reverse population weight gain in statewide pilot test
For years, endocrinologist Leigh Perreault, MD, felt there had to be a better way to help patients with weight management than sending them home with advice to change their diet and increase their exercise.
Medical Xpress / Age-specific treatments for the same infection may be critical as antibiotic resistance crisis intensifies
Dealing with an infection isn't as straightforward as simply killing the pathogen. The body also needs to carefully steer and monitor its immune response to prevent collateral damage. This regulation, called disease tolerance, ...
Medical Xpress / Bacterial toxin can counteract colorectal cancer growth
A toxin secreted by cholera bacteria can inhibit the growth of colorectal cancer without causing any measurable damage to the body. This is shown by a new study by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden. Systemic administration ...
Medical Xpress / Near-atomic imaging reveals promising target for 'Brain on Fire' condition
Scientists have identified a promising target for treatment of a devastating autoimmune disease affecting the brain.
Medical Xpress / New synaptic formation in adolescence challenges conventional views of brain development
Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated by synaptic pruning. ...
Medical Xpress / How psoriasis affects joints: Researchers discover how inflammatory cells migrate from the skin
Approximately 20% to 30% of all people who suffer from psoriasis also develop painful inflammation in their joints over time. If left untreated, this condition known as psoriatic arthritis can lead to permanent damage to ...
Medical Xpress / More than just fear: A new profile of post-traumatic stress disorder
Trauma may be even more complex than previously thought. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often portrayed in popular media as subjects experiencing hypervigilance, flashbacks, and nightmares. While these fear-based ...
Medical Xpress / Faking a ketogenic diet may still get results—in fruit flies
Mimicking a ketogenic diet lengthens lifespan but reduces fertility in fruit flies, researchers at the University of Connecticut and Mount Holyoke College report in Developmental Biology. The study hints that there could ...
