Medical Xpress news
Medical Xpress / Blood vessel features in tumors may help predict patient survival in colorectal cancer
Tumors require a blood supply to grow and survive. The blood vessels that nourish tumors can have different characteristics across cancer types and could be connected to patient survival and outcomes. Researchers from Mass ...
Medical Xpress / Why do we stay afraid for so long when the brain's first alarm fires so fast?
Our survival depends on brains that constantly search for danger and, if found, stay alert until it has passed. The amygdala—an area that sits deep in the brain, near the brainstem—has long been considered the epicenter of ...
Medical Xpress / Gut microbiome development may help predict type 1 diabetes in children at high risk
Type 1 diabetes affects more than 9 million people worldwide, including 1.8 million children and adolescents. While the disease is thought to be driven by complex genetic factors, researchers are also examining the influence ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental drug raises energy expenditure but fails to activate brown fat in human study
Brown fat burns energy to generate heat and is therefore considered a promising target for new obesity treatments. Researchers at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have tested whether a drug can activate ...
Medical Xpress / Existing cancer drug may protect the heart during certain chemotherapy treatments
The chemotherapy agent doxorubicin is used successfully to treat a range of cancers but can, as a side effect, damage the heart muscle. Researchers at the Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University have now identified ...
Medical Xpress / Freeze or flee: Rats show distinct fear strategies when danger is anticipated
A haunting song comes on the radio. A stranger on a bus has the same voice as an intimidating bully from your past. Whatever the trigger, it brings back something you'd rather forget as the past takes over, blurring the present.
Medical Xpress / Early retinal dopamine imbalance appears across two inherited eye disease models
A new study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) reports changes in the dopamine system of the retina during inherited retinal degeneration. Inherited retinal degenerations form a diverse group of genetic ...
Medical Xpress / A tiny worm helps scientists unravel a genetic clue to kidney disease
A microscopic worm that has no kidneys is helping Rutgers scientists understand a genetic change suspected of causing a serious inherited kidney disease. By making a precise change in the roundworm's DNA and following the ...
Medical Xpress / GLP-1s linked to nutritional deficiencies in children
Children prescribed GLP-1 medications for weight loss, prediabetes or type 2 diabetes are at risk for nutritional deficiencies—diagnosed in nearly one in six patients (16.8%) within the first year—according to a new study ...
Medical Xpress / Vitamin C linked to improved outcomes in people with precancerous blood disorders
Vitamin C boosts the activity of cellular proteins called TET enzymes that help control which genes are turned on or off. Because decreased function of TET enzymes is a common driver of certain forms of blood cancer, researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Higher adolescent BMI linked to faster biological aging decades later
A study by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, found that a high adolescent body mass index (BMI) may be linked to accelerated biological aging in adulthood. The findings, published ...
Medical Xpress / Base editing corrects mutation and slows motor neuron disease in mouse model
In a study published in Molecular Therapy Advances a team of researchers led by Professor Haruhisa Inoue (Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University) and Professor Yuishin Izumi (Tokushima University) ...
