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Medical Xpress / Chromatin hubs help decide whether T cells fight chronic threats or fail
Chronic and viral infections can literally exhaust certain key cells in the immune system from a constant barrage of attacks. But a new pair of papers by scientists at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation ...
Medical Xpress / Dry mRNA vaccine patches reveal design rules for room-temperature storage
New research could help make future mRNA vaccines easier to store and distribute. The study, involving RMIT University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School, identified conditions that help ...
Medical Xpress / Health apps and feeds reshape doctor visits, surveys of US adults show
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine recently published two new studies in JAMA Network Open and JAMA that offer new insights into how people interact with wearable devices and health-related content on social media.
Medical Xpress / Kidney disease profile shifts: Diabetes-linked CKD rises as overall US rate stalls
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, largely silent and serious. Most people who have the condition do not realize they have it, while it sharply raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and early death. ...
Medical Xpress / After amyloid plaques form, tau and alpha-synuclein pathology rises in mice
The aging brain frequently harbors multiple protein pathologies that contribute to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases. But how do these problematic proteins interact with each other, and could these ...
Medical Xpress / New 'human fidelity' standard could reshape how implantable brain devices are judged
Implantable brain devices—from deep brain stimulation to a new generation of brain-computer interfaces—can help people with severe, treatment-resistant psychiatric and neurological conditions or loss of function (such as ...
Medical Xpress / Obesity promotes lung cancer by suppressing immune response, study shows
A research team led by experts at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has documented new evidence that excess abdominal fat increases the risk of developing non-small cell lung cancer. Published in the Journal of Thoracic ...
Medical Xpress / Globally, youth are not eating enough healthy plant-based foods, analysis concludes
Healthy plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans and legumes are the foundation of a healthy diet for anyone, no matter how old they are. But that's especially true for children, for whom these foods ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers develop diagnostic model to detect COVID-related eye problems
Mild COVID-19 can cause severe and long-lasting eye problems, according to a study from Linköping University, Sweden. The study also explains why it has been difficult for sufferers to get help: The abnormal eye behavior ...
Medical Xpress / Not all birth controls are equal, some are linked to higher risk of brain tumors, study finds
Meningiomas are the most common brain tumors in adults, accounting for 38% to 42% of all primary central nervous system tumors. According to 2021 WHO data, 874 million of the world's 1.9 billion women of reproductive age ...
Medical Xpress / A new soccer concussion protocol could make one of the game's hardest calls much faster
The World Cup has the globe glued to TV screens, watching 22 soccer players work their magic on the field. Every so often, one of them takes a hard hit to the head from the ball or another player's head, and they often continue ...
Medical Xpress / Neuroscientists observe electrical signals in the soma and dendrites of living mice
The human brain contains billions of neurons, specialized nerve cells that communicate with each other via electrical and chemical signals. Every neuron is made up of its body (i.e., soma), where most cellular processes occur; ...
