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Medical Xpress / Does being infected or vaccinated first influence COVID-19 immunity?
A new study analyzing the immune response to COVID-19 in a Catalan cohort of health workers sheds light on an important question: does it matter whether a person was first infected or first vaccinated?
Medical Xpress / Netrin-1 disrupts hepatitis B virus attachment and internalization, offering new treatment path
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects more than 250 million people worldwide and can lead to chronic liver disease and liver cancer. Current antiviral therapies suppress viral replication but do not eliminate the virus, highlighting ...
Medical Xpress / Monoclonal antibody shows promising results for rare liver disease
A multicenter study led by UC Davis Health has tested a new treatment designed to improve care for people with a rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis. Researchers learned that an anti-inflammatory and ...
Medical Xpress / Intractable intestinal disease treatment: Xenogeneic-free polymer platform shows promise
Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) derived from a patient's own cells have garnered significant attention as a new alternative for treating intractable intestinal diseases due to their low risk of rejection. However, clinical application ...
Medical Xpress / Gut bacteria shift early in inflammatory bowel disease, study reveals
Patients experience significant changes in gut bacteria at the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new international study has found—offering new hope for earlier diagnosis and future treatments.
Medical Xpress / Study finds that where a patient lives affects recovery after a hip fracture
Older adults who live in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods spend significantly fewer days at home in the year after a fall-related hip fracture than those living in more affluent areas, according to a large U.S. study ...
Medical Xpress / For teens, any cannabis use may have impact on emotional health and academic performance
Using marijuana just once or twice a month was associated with worse school performance and emotional distress for teens, according to a large national study of adolescents led by Ryan Sultán, an assistant professor of clinical ...
Medical Xpress / A urine-based biological aging clock: Machine learning and microRNA offer accurate prediction
Craif Inc. in Nagoya, Japan, working with Nagoya University's Institute of Innovation for Future Society, has developed a urine-based biological aging clock. In validation of the method, predicted ages came within 4.4 years ...
Medical Xpress / Compulsive behaviors may stem from too much (misguided) self-control
A long-held view is that compulsive behaviors involve individuals getting stuck in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control, but new research in rats from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) suggests this might not ...
Medical Xpress / How brain tumor cells influence neurons and vice versa
Gliomas are cancers that originate directly in the brain, instead of spreading to the brain from other parts of the body. These cancers cannot be cured with conventional cancer treatments, as they spread into healthy brain ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cell 'fuel' shortages shape atherosclerosis, scientists reveal
Two complementary studies reveal how an insufficient supply of energy in macrophages, key immune cells in artery walls, drives the progression of atherosclerosis—and how this knowledge could lead to better diagnostics and ...
Medical Xpress / Mental health conditions linked to higher risk of unintentional injury
People with mental health conditions face a significantly higher risk of physical injuries, according to a new University of Michigan study.
