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Medical Xpress / Sleep disorders don't just exhaust you, they change your brain

Sleep disorders may do more than leave people feeling tired. New research from Florida International University shows that sleep disorders are associated with structural changes in brain regions involved in attention, motivation ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Immune therapy for Alzheimer's takes a step forward: Phase I trial reports positive results

Dozens of research teams around the world are working to halt, treat and even prevent Alzheimer's disease, which silently develops in the brain for more than a decade before symptoms appear. Although recent years have brought ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / How the skin really tells cool from warm

Whether we hold a warm mug or step onto a cool floor, specialized nerve cells in the skin constantly report temperature to the brain. Scientists have long assumed that separate groups of sensory cells detect nonpainful cool ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / New research clears the way to healing lung diseases

Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which scar tissue grows in the lungs, making breathing more difficult. Approximately 2,170 Australians are diagnosed annually with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a form of the ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Finding the RNA aptamer in the haystack that could improve treatment for Parkinson's

Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative disorders that include serious conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. There are currently no cures for these disorders, and treatment is limited ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Immune cells use previously unknown pathway to eliminate acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a new way in which T cells attack acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, which may help explain why AML is particularly sensitive to immune-based ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists discover alternative B-cell development pathway in birds

Birds possess a specialized organ called the bursa of Fabricius that mammals do not have. It has long been thought that B cells, part of the immune system, develop exclusively in this organ. However, researchers from Tohoku ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Around a third of all heart related deaths and disease may be due to ultraprocessed foods

New research published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine and presented at this year's International Congress on Obesity (ICO 2026), hosted by the World Obesity Federation (WOF) in Mexico City, Mexico (July 15–17), ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Targeting RBM5 may help disrupt 'undruggable' MYC in childhood leukemia

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and collaborators have identified the RNA-binding protein RBM5 as a potential vulnerability in a set of difficult-to-treat childhood leukemias. They characterized how ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Dynamic 3D scaffold could advance fibrosis and cancer research

Because living systems are dynamic, biomaterials should be dynamic in their mechanical properties, including stiffness. The bioelectronic conducting material PEDOT:PSS is often used in electronics and biomedical applications. ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Global Parkinson's gene map uncovers regional differences across 11 world regions

Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide after Alzheimer's disease and, according to the World Health Organization, one of the fastest-growing neurological disorders. Yet genetic research ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Rise of GLP-1s raises long-term affordability questions

As use of GLP-1s surged across the U.S., average total payments per user also climbed sharply, according to a new Northwestern University study that analyzed national trends in GLP-1 use and spending between 2017 and 2022. ...

Jul 16, 2026