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Medical Xpress / Stem cells from human baby teeth show promise for treating cerebral palsy
A Japanese research team has demonstrated in rat experiments that stem cells from human primary tooth pulp may help treat chronic-phase cerebral palsy. "This is the first animal study to show that stem cell treatment works ...
Medical Xpress / No more weekly injections? How lettuce cells could deliver GLP-1 pills
Research led by Penn Dental's Henry Daniell investigates the use of a lettuce-based, plant-encapsulated delivery platform as a new oral delivery of two GLP-1 drugs previously approved by the FDA in injectable form.
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 weight-loss drugs comparably effective across age, race and starting weight
Popular GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs for weight loss, also known as GLP-1 RAs, appear to be similarly effective among patients of different ages, races, and starting weights, with women benefiting somewhat more than men, ...
Medical Xpress / Deciding for others can lower confidence in one's own judgments
From the moment we wake to the time we hit the bed at night, we make numerous decisions, some big but mostly small. Although decision-making is a fundamental part of human life, researchers have found that the level of difficulty ...
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods in preschool years associated with behavioral difficulties in childhood
A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found an association between ultra-processed foods in early childhood, and behavioral and emotional development. Specifically, the team found that higher ultra-processed ...
Medical Xpress / 7 hours 18 mins may be optimal sleep length for avoiding type 2 diabetes precursor
Sleeping for 7 hours and 18 minutes every night may be the sweet spot for warding off the risk of insulin resistance—the precursor to type 2 diabetes—suggests a large observational study published in the open access journal ...
Medical Xpress / Injectable 'satellite livers' could offer an alternative to liver transplantation
More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic liver disease are on a waitlist for a liver transplant, but there are not enough donated organs for all of those patients. Additionally, many people with liver failure aren't ...
Medical Xpress / Tau tangles may hijack brain's energy, linking early sleep loss to Alzheimer's changes
Scientists at the University of Kentucky have uncovered a new reason why people with Alzheimer's disease often struggle with sleep, long before memory loss begins. The study, led by researchers at the Sanders-Brown Center ...
Medical Xpress / Bacteria found in mouth and gut may help protect against severe peanut allergic reactions
One of the big mysteries in food allergy is why two people with similar levels of peanut-specific antibodies can react so differently. It turns out the answer may be in the mouth and gut's bacteria. A new study, led by researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Probiotic study at 12,740 feet links supplements to higher oxygen levels
Oxygen is critical to life. When levels of oxygen change, it can have immediate and lasting impacts on a person's health. Tatum Simonson, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and John B. West Endowed Chair in respiratory ...
Medical Xpress / Pathogen-agnostic testing reveals hidden respiratory threats in negative samples
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term "Polymerase Chain Reaction testing" into the mainstream. The PCR method is a type of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) that detects a pathogen by finding and amplifying components ...
Medical Xpress / Exploring why people with autism may be more likely to get Parkinson's disease
Researchers at the University of Missouri may have uncovered a clue explaining why young adults with autism are roughly six times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease later in life. In a recent study, Mizzou researchers ...
