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Medical Xpress / Genetic atlas reveals how human liver cells divide their labor
If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew in the 1966 science fiction classic "Fantastic Voyage"—one of their first stops would no doubt be ...
Medical Xpress / Off-label cancer drugs deliver durable benefit for some patients in large trial
The largest published prospective evaluation of off-label targeted cancer therapies has shown that more patients could benefit from existing drugs. After including over 1,600 patients in the Dutch multicenter DRUP trial, ...
Medical Xpress / Australian bee glue delivers a scar-fighting compound that shuts down raised scars before they take hold
A natural compound made by Australian bees to seal their hives may help stop scarring in human skin after surgery, injury and burns, according to University of the Sunshine Coast researchers. The scientists say the laboratory ...
Medical Xpress / Genome-wide analysis reveals host–virus genetic interactions in cancer risk
A study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reports a major advance in understanding how interactions between human and viral genomes shape disease risk. The research found that variations in the Epstein–Barr ...
Medical Xpress / Immune system uses a conveyor belt-like process to edit defective antibodies, new research finds
The immune system's B cells create antibodies that can mount a response against just about anything—either destroying a pathogen or instructing the rest of the immune system to go after the offender. But what happens when ...
Medical Xpress / Mitochondria keep key immune cells battle-ready by sustaining electron flow, study reveals
Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) show that active mitochondria maintain dendritic cells, the immune system's sentinels, in a "ready-to-respond" state, linking cellular ...
Medical Xpress / Blood-based DNA signals may help track osteosarcoma in children
Detecting whether osteosarcoma, a rare but aggressive bone cancer that most often affects children and adolescents, has returned or spread remains a major challenge for patients and doctors. Blood-based biomarkers, which ...
Medical Xpress / A molecular movie captures cancer's great escape from targeted therapy
Cancer drugs are designed to shut tumors down. But sometimes, in the very act of attacking a tumor, treatment can also help a small fraction of cancer cells become harder to kill. A new study from researchers at the Institute ...
Medical Xpress / Blood test predicts kidney failure risk to Black Americans years before onset
A new blood test can identify which individuals of African ancestry carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants are most likely to develop kidney failure, years before clinical disease becomes apparent. Findings on the new test, ...
Medical Xpress / Quality versus quantity of fat in the diet affects development of diabetes
A new study examines the role of palmitic acid and oleic acid—among the main fatty acids in the diet—in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, a chronic condition associated with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. ...
Medical Xpress / Why psychedelic mental health trials may be less reliable than they appear
Drug trials generally involve comparing a treatment with a nonactive, placebo version, an approach called "blinding" because patients must be "blind" as to which they've received for the trial to work. Canadian researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Diabetes study reveals previously overlooked genes tied to disease, pointing to new therapies
Dozens of unexpected genes are strongly linked to type 2 diabetes, new research from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) shows. The findings, based on a new genomic atlas of pancreatic cells from non-diabetic, prediabetic, and diabetic ...
