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Medical Xpress / Improved genetic tool reveals hidden mutations that can drive cancer
Researchers have refined a powerful DNA sequencing tool that can uncover hidden mutations that occur naturally in our bodies as we age. In the largest study to date, they have used the tool to provide insights into the earliest ...
Medical Xpress / Smoking and biological sex shape healthy bladder tissue evolution, offering clues to cancer risk
Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Men are around four times more likely to develop it than women, and smoking is the main known environmental risk factor. However, the biological mechanisms behind ...
Medical Xpress / Late-onset cerebellar ataxia: A genetic avenue uncovered
Could an anomaly in the developing brain explain motor difficulties occurring decades later in people with rare movement disorders?
Medical Xpress / Engineered CAR-NK cells could evade immune rejection and target cancer more effectively
One of the newest weapons that scientists have developed against cancer is a type of engineered immune cell known as CAR-NK (natural killer) cells. Similar to CAR-T cells, these cells can be programmed to attack cancer cells.
Medical Xpress / Vaccine shows promise against typhoid and invasive Salmonella in first human trial
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) have completed a successful Phase I clinical trial of a novel vaccine designed to protect against both ...
Medical Xpress / Tens of thousands of children aged under five suffering acute malnutrition in Gaza, recent estimates suggest
More than 54,600 children in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, including over 12,800 severely so, with few therapeutic options available to them. With measurements up to the middle of August 2025, the study comprehensively ...
Medical Xpress / Two experimental compounds could benefit people living with multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting more than 2.9 million people worldwide. It occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath, the protective insulation around nerve fibers, ...
Medical Xpress / New method may detect infectious tuberculosis in the air
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with colleagues in South Africa, have investigated whether tuberculosis can be traced in exhaled air. The results, published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, show that ...
Medical Xpress / Direct-to-consumer drug pricing could compete with prescription insurance
A new study offers a glimpse at how direct-to-consumer pharmacy pricing could one day present stiff competition to the private prescription drug insurance model, researchers say.
Medical Xpress / Pain and antidepressant drug combo linked to increased seizure risk in older adults
When older adults living in nursing homes are prescribed the pain medicine tramadol alongside certain antidepressants, their risk of seizures may go up, according to a study published in Neurology. While this study found ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cell homing hydrogel-based platform captures dendritic cells to process mRNA from cancer vaccines
A research team led by Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang has published new research detailing a new mRNA cancer vaccine platform. The study introduces an immune cell homing hydrogel-based platform designed ...
Medical Xpress / How brain myelin damage could lead to seizures in MS
A preclinical study by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown why some people with multiple sclerosis, or MS, also suffer from seizures—a debilitating complication that can worsen cognitive ...
