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Medical Xpress / Blood gene test detects 90% of early-stage pancreatic cancers

Researchers at Kanazawa University report that blood-based gene expression tests may enable early pancreatic cancer screening and improve long-term survival.

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Roasted and browned: How gut bacteria break down heated foods

Crusty bread, fried meat and roasted coffee owe their characteristic taste and browning to chemical reactions that occur when foods are heated. In the so-called Maillard reaction, amino acids—the building blocks of proteins—react ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Sleep disorders don't just exhaust you, they change your brain

Sleep disorders may do more than leave people feeling tired. New research from Florida International University shows that sleep disorders are associated with structural changes in brain regions involved in attention, motivation ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Can magnetic fields help fight Parkinson's disease?

An international team has succeeded in using a magnetic field to target structures deep within the brain. The researchers injected magnetic nanoplatelets into the relevant region. By doing so, they succeeded in treating movement ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify immune cell that builds cancer-fighting hubs inside tumors

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified the immune cell that acts as the architect and coordinator of powerful immune hubs that form inside tumors and plays a key role in antitumor immunity. ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / New research clears the way to healing lung diseases

Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which scar tissue grows in the lungs, making breathing more difficult. Approximately 2,170 Australians are diagnosed annually with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a form of the ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Finding the RNA aptamer in the haystack that could improve treatment for Parkinson's

Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative disorders that include serious conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. There are currently no cures for these disorders, and treatment is limited ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / How the skin really tells cool from warm

Whether we hold a warm mug or step onto a cool floor, specialized nerve cells in the skin constantly report temperature to the brain. Scientists have long assumed that separate groups of sensory cells detect nonpainful cool ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Immune cells use previously unknown pathway to eliminate acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a new way in which T cells attack acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, which may help explain why AML is particularly sensitive to immune-based ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists discover alternative B-cell development pathway in birds

Birds possess a specialized organ called the bursa of Fabricius that mammals do not have. It has long been thought that B cells, part of the immune system, develop exclusively in this organ. However, researchers from Tohoku ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / MicroRNA discovery points to new strategy for slowing lung cancer growth

Cancer develops when the body's systems for controlling cell growth break down, allowing cells to multiply unchecked. Texas A&M researchers have identified two naturally occurring molecules that appear to help restore those ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Around a third of all heart related deaths and disease may be due to ultraprocessed foods

New research published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine and presented at this year's International Congress on Obesity (ICO 2026), hosted by the World Obesity Federation (WOF) in Mexico City, Mexico (July 15–17), ...

Jul 16, 2026