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Medical Xpress / Microscopic 'intrabodies' unlock new treatments for motor neuron disease and Alzheimer's
New treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and motor neuron disease (MND) could be unlocked thanks to microscopic medicines developed by researchers at the University of Essex. Using artificial ...
Medical Xpress / The brain region associated with moral inconsistency
Why don't some people practice what they preach? Researchers reveal that a brain region called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) is involved. The researchers used fMRI imaging to identify brain activity patterns ...
Medical Xpress / Why chronic pain leads to depression for some but not others
Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not others, according to research published in Science. The findings challenge the idea that depression ...
Medical Xpress / Switching from milk to solid food in early life helps reprogram the gut's immune defenses, researchers find
According to a team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Tongji University and collaborating institutions, weaning or switching from milk to solid food in early life doesn't just change what babies eat, it helps ...
Medical Xpress / Neural map reveals how adult brain cells remember their origins
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have created the first detailed map showing how genetic activity is controlled in individual cells of the adult human brain and spinal cord. The study, published in Nature Neuroscience, ...
Medical Xpress / Pythons' feast-and-famine life hints at new weight loss pathway
Pythons don't nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can approach 100% of their body weight. But even as they slither stealthily around the forest, months or even a year may pass between ...
Medical Xpress / Psilocybin combined with psychotherapy shows significant efficacy in treatment-resistant depression
There is an urgent need for new and more effective treatments for depression. The results of a recent study show that psilocybin, an active compound found in certain mushrooms, can have a significant antidepressant effect. ...
Medical Xpress / Direct nervous system link promises more natural leg prostheses
A research team led by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, has, for the first time, successfully decoded leg movements directly from the remaining nerves in people with above-knee amputations. Using ...
Medical Xpress / Synaptic connectivity alone can reveal neuron types
Recent technological advances facilitate the reconstruction of complete brain connectomes in small organisms and partial connectomes in mammals, involving the mapping of the network of neurons and synaptic connections. Accurate ...
Medical Xpress / A decade of baseball data shows the designated hitter system does not affect how teams win
In the original form of baseball, all nine players bat and play defense, including the pitcher. The designated hitter system lets a team add a tenth player to the starting lineup—a specialist batter who replaces the pitcher ...
Medical Xpress / A neuroadaptive VR system for the treatment of arachnophobia
Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have developed a novel virtual reality (VR) system that could make the treatment of arachnophobia, also known as spider phobia, more targeted and personalized in the ...
Medical Xpress / A liquid biopsy blood test may improve children's survival of cancer in Africa
In a study published in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania have shown that a minimally invasive liquid ...
