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Medical Xpress / A new imaging approach captures brain activity across nine cell types at once
Scientists at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), in collaboration with ZEISS and MetaCell, have developed a powerful new imaging pipeline called Neuroplex. As described in a paper published in eLife, ...
Medical Xpress / Protecting the brain: How clumps of protein might actually be saving your cells
What if the very structures we thought were destroying the brain are actually trying to save it? A new study reveals that protein clumps, long considered toxic markers of diseases like Huntington's, act as a vital "quarantine" ...
Medical Xpress / Newly designed peptides suggest safer immunotherapies are within reach
Calcium is widely known for its role in maintaining strong bones and teeth, but it is also one of the body's most important cellular messengers. Calcium signals help regulate muscle contraction, neural function, immune cell ...
Medical Xpress / Nervous system helps lung cancer evade the immune system, study reveals
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed that sensory nerve signals interfere with the immune system's response to lung cancer. This previously unrecognized neuroimmune connection could be targeted to improve ...
Medical Xpress / BMI alone does not fully capture health risks linked to obesity, new study finds
Obesity is commonly diagnosed using BMI, but this approach has several limitations. Researchers at Lund University and AstraZeneca show that integrating measurements such as body fat percentage and waist circumference captures ...
Medical Xpress / Therapy at your fingertips: New study finds AI could transform mental health care
A new study from Reichman University, published in JAMA Network Open, has found that an AI-based conversational support platform can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, form a meaningful therapeutic alliance ...
Medical Xpress / Antibiotic proves ineffective in treating wheezing in young children in the emergency room
A study led by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson showed that giving the antibiotic azithromycin did not help preschool children seen in the hospital emergency room with bouts of severe wheezing.
Medical Xpress / A 'bet-hedging' strategy that helps gut bacteria survive and recover
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have discovered that many gut bacteria use a flexible survival strategy to withstand disruptions such as antibiotics and diet changes.
Medical Xpress / Common asthma drug may turn off tumor 'switch' tied to immunotherapy resistance
A drug widely used to treat asthma and allergies may also help fight aggressive cancers, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study that uncovered how tumors hijack common white blood cells to evade immunotherapy.
Medical Xpress / A DNA-organizing protein offers new insight into infertility, IVF and generational health
The causes of male infertility can be hard to diagnose, with many tests failing to detect genetic defects. Sometimes, infertility doesn't even involve the genes themselves. It can arise from improper folding of the father's ...
Medical Xpress / What we now know about how smoking stiffens lungs
For the first time, scientists have directly measured how smoking changes the mechanical behavior of human lung tissue. Published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the study, directed by UC Riverside mechanical ...
Medical Xpress / Oxygen levels may significantly alter stem cell behaviors for transplants and immunotherapy
Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that human hematopoietic stem cells are highly sensitive to oxygen, which can dictate how the cells grow and function.
