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Medical Xpress / Hunger and hormones together drive aggression toward pups in female mice
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that hunger can make virgin female mice aggressive towards pups, but only in certain hormonal states. These mice would usually ignore other females' pups or show parent-like ...
Medical Xpress / Existing drugs for tissue scarring could help avert melanoma relapses
Cellular changes that appear during melanoma and lead to treatment resistance can be reversed with drugs—potentially opening the door to new or more effective treatments for the deadly disease, according to new Cornell ...
Medical Xpress / Dangerous E. coli strain blocks gut's defense mechanism against spreading infection
When harmful bacteria that cause food poisoning, such as E. coli, invade through the digestive tract, gut cells usually fight back by pushing infected cells out of the body to stop the infection from spreading.
Medical Xpress / Rethinking how bone marrow works with a unified framework
One huge reason why the world of medicine hasn't yet found "the cure" for hard-to-treat malignancies like acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and many other forms of cancer is that the world of science is still striving to fully ...
Medical Xpress / Research team reveals complex biology behind severe muscle wasting in cancer
A University of Alberta research team is shedding much-needed light on cancer cachexia, a severe muscle-wasting syndrome linked to up to a third of cancer deaths.
Medical Xpress / Algorithm maps genetic connection between Alzheimer's and specific neurons
The number of people living with dementia worldwide was estimated at 57 million in 2021 with nearly 10 million new cases recorded each year. In the U.S., dementia impacts more than 6 million lives, and the number of new cases ...
Medical Xpress / Higher levels of HIF2α found to slow down aggressive childhood cancer
Neuroblastoma is a type of cancer that affects the sympathetic nervous system in young children and is often difficult to treat, especially when the tumor cells carry multiple copies of the MYCN gene.
Medical Xpress / Overabundance of HMGN1 protein may explain congenital heart defects in Down syndrome
Three copies of chromosome 21 cause Down syndrome (DS), and roughly half of children born each year in the United States with DS—approximately 2,600—also have congenital heart defects (CHDs).
Medical Xpress / Gum disease associated with changes in the brain, increased stroke risk
Adults with gum disease may be more likely to have signs of damage to the brain's white matter, called white matter hyperintensities, than people without gum disease, according to a study published in Neurology Open Access.
Medical Xpress / Two-drug combination could improve colorectal cancer therapy
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common tumors among people over the age of 50. Although it is known to develop from small lesions or polyps, its exact causes are unknown—only a few risk factors are known—and it is ...
Medical Xpress / Report provides global picture of wide inequalities in care for women's cancers
One in five women with breast or cervical cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are diagnosed at an early stage, compared with more than one in three in high-income countries (HICs), new research suggests. For ...
Medical Xpress / New wearable patch offers noninvasive, battery-free skin cancer screening
Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have developed a battery-free wearable patch that could help detect skin cancer earlier and more accurately, potentially saving lives by making screening more accessible ...
