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Medical Xpress / Disconnected cerebral hemisphere in epilepsy patients shows sleep-like state during wakefulness
Sleep-like slow-wave patterns persist for years in surgically disconnected neural tissue of awake epilepsy patients, according to a study published in PLOS Biology by Marcello Massimini from Universita degli Studi di Milano, ...
Medical Xpress / Novel mechanism underlies chemotherapy sensitivity in aggressive bone cancer
A research team at the Seville Biomedical Institute (IBis) has identified a new molecular mechanism that explains the high sensitivity of Ewing sarcoma (an aggressive bone cancer that mainly affects children and adolescents) ...
Medical Xpress / How bacteria in tumors drive treatment resistance in cancer
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that explains how bacteria can drive treatment resistance in patients with oral and colorectal cancer. The ...
Medical Xpress / The antidote to loneliness might be recognizing how much others care
Young adults consistently underestimate how empathetic their peers are, a new study finds. But there's a simple and scalable fix.
Medical Xpress / Mitochondrial DNA mutations from kidney stressors may help predict future organ decline
Kidney damage that seemingly heals appears to mutate the DNA in the mitochondria of kidney cells, making the organ less resilient to future stressors and reducing its function over time, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical ...
Medical Xpress / A pill that prints bio-ink for damaged tissue repair
EPFL researchers have demonstrated the first pill-sized bioprinter that can be swallowed and guided within the gastrointestinal tract, where it directly deposits bio-ink over damaged tissues to support repair.
Medical Xpress / Why deep sighs are actually good for us
The surface of the lungs is covered with a fluid that increases their deformability. This fluid has the greatest effect when you take deep breaths from time to time, as researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered using sophisticated ...
Medical Xpress / AI analyzes world's largest heart attack data sets—and reveals new treatment methods
A landmark international study led by the University of Zurich has shown that artificial intelligence can assess patient risk for the most common type of heart attack more accurately than existing methods. This could enable ...
Medical Xpress / Air pollution during pregnancy associated with slower brain maturation in newborns
A study published in Environment International concludes that air pollution during pregnancy is associated with slower brain maturation in newborns. It is the first study to analyze brain development within the first month ...
Medical Xpress / Sex-specific differences in blood-brain barrier may elucidate why women face greater depression risk
Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified. One potential factor is sex-specific differences in the blood-brain barrier. This barrier is formed by ...
Medical Xpress / Detailed structure of key hearing protein points way to optimizing gene therapies for deafness
Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial role in the hearing process. Loss of otoferlin or impairment of its function causes a frequent form ...
Medical Xpress / Caregiver disruptions in childhood linked to delayed puberty and faster aging
According to some estimates, more than 100 million children around the world experience separations from their caregiver every year. Previous research—much of it derived from the long-running Bucharest Early Intervention ...
