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Medical Xpress / Too little sleep—and too much—associated with faster aging
An analysis of biological clocks throughout the human body suggests that too few hours of sleep—and too many—may speed aging in the brain, heart, lung, and immune system and is associated with a wide range of diseases.
Medical Xpress / Breast cancer cells with doubled genomes may dodge immunotherapy by turning off key immune signals
An epigenetic mechanism by which tumors manage to hide from the body's immune defenses has just been described by an international scientific team led by the University of Liège and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. These ...
Medical Xpress / Diseases can spread between apartments via shared ventilation, study shows
Airborne diseases like measles, influenza and COVID-19 can easily spread between units in multi-family buildings via a type of bathroom ventilation system commonly used around the world, new research suggests. The study, ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify molecule linked to treatment-resistant inflammatory bowel disease
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified an immune-regulating molecule that may help explain why some patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, do not respond to commonly ...
Medical Xpress / Kids remember veggie scents from womb, study finds
Experiencing bitter or non-bitter flavors before birth can shape taste likes or dislikes after being born, according to new research led by the Durham University Department of Psychology. Researchers found that young children ...
Medical Xpress / New drug candidate that reprograms the immune system shows promise as a brain cancer treatment
A next-generation cancer therapy being developed at McMaster University has shown early promise as a treatment candidate for glioblastoma, the most aggressive and most common type of primary brain cancer in adults. In preclinical ...
Medical Xpress / It's not just deep sleep: Anesthesia drives brain into a strange state doctors are only beginning to map
People often describe anesthesia as something that puts a patient in a "deep sleep." An anesthesiologist enters the operating room, and part of their mission is to ensure that the patient is completely unaware of what is ...
Medical Xpress / How songbirds learn to sing, one brain connection at a time
A young zebra finch learning to sing may not sound like much at first, just a babbling stream of chirps and whistles. But scientists at Duke University School of Medicine say that behind the seemingly random chatter is a ...
Medical Xpress / Immune protein emerges as possible target to slow Parkinson's progression
Monoclonal antibodies can block a key immune-related protein that drives the spread of brain cell damage in Parkinson's disease (PD). This protein, called glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma B (GPNMB), might be part of a ...
Medical Xpress / Wearable polygraph tracks hidden stress through five body signals in real time
Northwestern University engineers have developed a small, wireless polygraph system you can wear. Unlike polygraphs used in television crime dramas, this wearable version isn't optimized to detect lies. Instead, engineers ...
Medical Xpress / 15-year quest yields malaria compound that hits parasite at all major stages
A Portland State University-led research team has developed a novel chemical compound that shows promise for the treatment and prevention of malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases. Malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious ...
Medical Xpress / Non-coding gene is linked to core social and behavioral traits in autism
A long-overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic repetitive behaviors that define autism spectrum disorder (ASD), without affecting learning or other cognitive ...
