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Medical Xpress / CAR-T therapy drives remission in patient with three autoimmune diseases

For the first time, scientists have used a modern cell therapy called CAR-T to treat a patient with three different life-threatening autoimmune diseases that had resisted years of treatment. The patient, who once required ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / A year after forgiving, people report stronger mental health and pro-social character

Can forgiving someone today leave you with an improved sense of well-being a year from now? A new study of residents of 22 countries says yes. The caveat, though, is that the size of the impact varies by nation, as does its ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / How an overactive immune system can drive cancer

The immune system is designed to protect us against viruses and bacteria. In autoimmune diseases, however, the immune system instead attacks the body's own cells. Conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) and ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / How the blood-brain barrier opens: Two proteins may guide future drug delivery

The cells that line the blood vessels in our brains are highly selective. By deciding which molecules are allowed in and out of our most important organ, the barrier these cells form is critical for keeping us alive. But ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Long non-coding RNA may be a promising therapeutic target for cancer

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that a specific long non-coding RNA activates oncogenic signaling pathways in prostate cancer cells and drives tumor progression, underscoring its potential as a therapeutic ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Without the right tests, the best medicines make no difference

A new analysis from UC San Francisco argues that diagnostics—medical tests that match patients to the appropriate treatment—are being overlooked both in the United States and around the world. This is slowing progress against ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Fat-producing enzyme may amplify damage in Parkinson's disease

A fat-producing enzyme in brain cells may play a key role in driving damage in Parkinson's disease and could offer a new target for treatment, scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI model suggests CPAP can massively swing heart risk in sleep apnea

Mount Sinai researchers have created an analytic tool using machine learning that can predict cardiovascular disease risk in millions of patients with obstructive sleep apnea, a serious sleep disorder, according to findings ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Overlooked non-coding genes cause diabetes in babies, study reveals

Scientists have found new genetic causes for diabetes in babies—in a part of the genome that has historically been overlooked in genetic studies. Until recently, most research has investigated causes of disease in "coding" ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Diabetes prevalence in American neighborhoods is influenced by historic and contemporary structural racism: Study

Diabetes is more prevalent in neighborhoods where historic residential redlining occurred and where contemporary structural racism persists, according to a new study by University at Buffalo population health researchers. ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Skin can 'pre-learn': Priming cells for regeneration before injury

It is well known that students who prepare in advance perform better in exams. Now, it appears that the skin can do the same. Rather than scrambling to repair itself only after injury occurs, a Korean research team has demonstrated ...

Apr 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why anti-cancer drugs do not always live up to expectations

For more than a decade, a class of drugs called BET inhibitors has been tested in cancer trials with high expectations. The biology looked promising. Many cancers depend on oncogenes that "Bromo- and Extra-Terminal domain" ...

Apr 9, 2026