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Medical Xpress / Ultra-small magnetoelectric antenna could unlock new generation of implantable devices

A breakthrough in biomedical engineering could help pave the way for tiny implantable devices capable of diagnosing, monitoring and treating a wide range of health conditions. An international team of researchers led by the ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Parkinson's patients undergoing deep brain stimulation show little to no cortical Lewy pathology

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) show little to no Lewy pathology in the prefrontal cortex at the time of ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Tumors hijack macrophages after they clear dead cells, real-time tracking reveals

Researchers at Tel Aviv University's Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences have uncovered how a natural and essential immune system process can be hijacked to promote cancer progression. In a new study, the research ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cancer also knows how to wait: Study uncovers the hidden step between mutation and tumor biomass appearance

The development of cancer is not a process triggered immediately by the emergence of an oncogenic mutation. There is growing evidence for the existence of an intermediate phase—hitherto poorly defined—in which mutated cells ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / New drug unlocks elusive immune receptor, opening path toward motor neuron disease treatments

University of Queensland researchers have developed a drug that activates a hard-to-target immune receptor—a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions like motor neuron disease (MND).

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / How serotonin may help drive long-term allergic inflammation through overlooked immune cells

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have uncovered how serotonin-related metabolism helps regulate an understudied immune cell involved in allergic inflammation. The study, published in the journal Allergy, adds to knowledge ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Shared neurodevelopmental spectrum could link ADHD, autism and dyslexia to later outcomes

A paper published in Molecular Psychiatry, led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London, challenges the way we think about neurodevelopmental conditions.

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Aphantasia challenges a centuries-old theory of abstract thought

Aphantasia, the inability to form mental images, poses a serious challenge to an influential theory of abstract thought in the history of philosophy. The study by researchers at the University of Tartu suggests that mental ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Two prostate cancer mutations reveal opposite responses to ferroptosis therapy

A new study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified genetic factors that determine whether prostate cancers are susceptible to a type of cell death known as ferroptosis. These findings, ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Hybrid work improves the work experience—particularly for women

The transition to hybrid work has improved the psychosocial work environment among white-collar employees, according to new research from Umeå University. Positive effects include more accessible leadership, greater autonomy ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Virus influences rare brain lymphomas, large study finds

Primary CNS lymphoma is a rare cancer that arises from malignant white blood cells. Affected individuals develop tumors in the brain and, more rarely, in the spinal cord, the eyes or within the cerebrospinal fluid. These ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods linked to brain differences in young children

More than half the calories consumed by young kids in the U.S. come from ultra-processed foods.

Jul 2, 2026