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Medical Xpress / AI tool reveals rare cancer cells tied to faster disease progression
McGill University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can identify small groups of cells most responsible for driving aggressive cancers. The tool, called SIDISH, offers scientists a clearer path ...
Medical Xpress / 3D brain tumor organoids provide new scientific opportunities for research community
Efforts to identify and evaluate next-generation therapeutics for pediatric brain tumors are easily stymied by the quality and availability of laboratory models for research. To address this issue, scientists at St. Jude ...
Medical Xpress / New method advances efforts to overcome bias in AI tool for children with anxiety
Researchers at Cincinnati Children's, working with collaborators at University College London and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have identified a practical, data-centered strategy to reduce bias in artificial intelligence ...
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 ...
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 / 'MitoCatch' delivers healthy mitochondria to diseased cells
Scientists led by Botond Roska at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) have developed MitoCatch, a system that enables targeted delivery of healthy mitochondria to specific cell types affected ...
Medical Xpress / BRCA's cancer map just grew: Gene mutations now implicated in thyroid, bladder, skin and head-neck cancers
An international group led by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan has discovered associations between pathogenic variants of the BRCA 1 and 2 genes and four types of cancer. Published ...
Medical Xpress / How a misdirected DNA alarm could reshape treatment for rare rapid-aging diseases
The human immune system is finely tuned to detect and destroy viral threats. But this same defense system can misfire. When fragments of the body's own damaged DNA are mistaken for viral invaders, the result is a powerful, ...
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 / Pain and creativity share the same brain machinery, unlocking a bold new path to healing
From van Gogh to Amy Winehouse, the trope of the suffering artist has been around nearly as long as art itself—but is the connection between creativity and pain mere metaphor, or grounded in science? According to Constructor ...
Medical Xpress / As syphilis cases rise, study links infection with higher risk of stroke, heart attack and other serious problems
Syphilis has been rising sharply in the United States, with especially high rates in Southern states. Now, a new study from Tulane University researchers suggests the long-term infection may carry another risk that is often ...
Medical Xpress / How the brain's blood vessel network follows a three-stage blueprint from birth to adulthood
Researchers from the Paris Brain Institute and Sainte-Justine University Hospital in Montreal have, for the first time, revealed the key stages of vascular development in the brain, from birth through adulthood. Using a 3D ...
