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Medical Xpress / Early warning signs of brain infection in children identified in new study
Despite new diagnostic methods and expanded vaccination programs, many children in Uganda continue to suffer from severe brain infections, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. The researchers' analysis highlights ...
Medical Xpress / Advanced imaging uncovers immune cells' changing role during glioblastoma invasion
Glioblastoma, the most common and most aggressive brain tumor type in adults, remains difficult to treat because it can infiltrate surrounding brain tissue and spread far beyond the main tumor. Researchers from DZNE, University ...
Medical Xpress / How immune cell networks drive liver disease
A type of rare T cell triggers a cascade of signals amplifying inflammation and ultimately leading to liver fibrosis, according to a new study from Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg published in Nature Communications. ...
Medical Xpress / Your liver is hiding a shifting cellular map, and diet can rapidly redraw its internal landscape
As we go about our day, the trillions of cells in our bodies run like well-oiled machines: continually sensing what's happening around them and making modifications to keep us humming along. Like adjusting a gear in a car ...
Medical Xpress / Malaria lights up under magnets and polarized light, opening the door to faster, smarter blood testing
Researchers have developed a new microscopy method that uses a magnetic field and polarized light to provide quantitative measurements that could enable faster and more objective detection of malaria in blood. Malaria, caused ...
Medical Xpress / Unexpected cancer mutations in brain's immune cells may help fuel Alzheimer's disease
As the body ages, cells naturally accumulate dozens of genetic mutations each year. New research from Boston Children's Hospital, published in Cell, finds that the brain's resident immune cells, microglia, amass mutations ...
Medical Xpress / How coffee reshapes the gut-brain axis and lifts mood—even without caffeine
New research from APC Microbiome Ireland, a research center at University College Cork, has comprehensively explored the mechanisms behind coffee's positive effects on the gut–brain axis for the first time. The study published ...
Medical Xpress / This bioengineered chewing gum wipes out cancer-linked mouth microbes while sparing healthy bacteria
Researchers led by Henry Daniell of the School of Dental Medicine have shown that extracts from bioengineered chewing gum reduce the levels of three microbes known to be associated with head and neck squamous cell cancer ...
Medical Xpress / HIV's earliest immune battle leaves blood traces that forecast powerful antibodies years later
Some people living with HIV develop antibodies capable of neutralizing many different strains of the virus. New research links this to immune responses that occur early in infection. The findings, published in PLOS Pathogens, ...
Medical Xpress / Extra chromosomes may help tumor cells move and engulf neighbors, study suggests
Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have discovered that if animal cells gain an extra set of chromosomes, a condition known as polyploidy, they activate a stress signaling pathway that causes them to become ...
Medical Xpress / Can a deaf person's brain turn silence into vision?
A brain that develops in the deprivation of one sense reorganizes itself in surprising ways, revealing remarkable neuroplasticity. A team of researchers has studied the brain activity of young congenitally deaf and young ...
Medical Xpress / Bullying and adverse social climate take measurable toll on mental health of gender-diverse youth: Study
Gender-diverse adolescents who experience bullying and live in states with persistently unsupportive gender identity laws are significantly more likely to suffer escalating psychological distress compared to their peers, ...
