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Medical Xpress / Blood marker may flag Alzheimer's-related changes in Down syndrome decades before symptoms appear
Decades before the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease appear, some changes associated with the disease may begin to leave a trace in the blood. A study by the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has found that, in ...
Medical Xpress / Brain immune cells protect neurons in Parkinson's disease by 'nibbling' harmful material
Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in Parkinson's disease. The study shows that a distinct population of human ...
Medical Xpress / 'Herd-Immunity-on-a-Chip' recreates viral transmission within a simulated population
A research team led by Professor Sungsu Park of the School of Mechanical Engineering and Professor Byung Mook Weon of the School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) has developed ...
Medical Xpress / Heart recovery technique adapted for pediatric transplants
A donor heart recovery technique developed at Vanderbilt Health has been successfully adapted for children by pediatric heart transplant surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, potentially expanding ...
Medical Xpress / Blood flow directs signals that assign liver cells their jobs, mouse study finds
The liver is organized into distinct zones in which liver cells perform different functions. The blood vessels of the liver play an important role in this spatial organization: the endothelial cells lining the vessels provide ...
Medical Xpress / Protein LMOD1 offers new clues to muscle regeneration
Skeletal muscles are capable of regenerating themselves following an injury, a process that depends on muscle stem cells. In healthy resting muscle, these cells are predominantly in a quiescent state. However, following an ...
Medical Xpress / Global study finds stark differences in maternal RSV vaccine uptake
Vaccination against a common respiratory virus during pregnancy lowers the risk of severe disease in babies by 74%, but uptake in many countries remains low, a new review suggests. The report also reveals evidence of lower ...
Medical Xpress / Phthalate byproduct affects multiple cell types in human ovarian tissue, lab tests show
Common chemicals called phthalates, which are used in plastics, cosmetics and personal care products, may affect several different cell types in the human ovary. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet published ...
Medical Xpress / Greater physical activity associated with slower progression in Parkinson's
For people with Parkinson's disease, higher levels of physical activity were associated with slower declines in thinking and memory as well as slower worsening of movement symptoms, according to a new study published in Neurology. ...
Medical Xpress / About 13% of newly qualified nurses and midwives leave hospital work within six years
The early years of working life differ for newly qualified nurses and midwives working in hospitals and comparable graduates working in other sectors. Louise Schubert Paaske, a Ph.D. student in health economics at the Danish ...
Medical Xpress / Study may explain why IBD patients react to foods they once tolerated
A new study, to be published in Gastroenterology, finds that gut inflammation can change the way gut bacteria break down food—possibly triggering immune reactions to foods that were previously fine to eat. The findings may ...
Medical Xpress / Approved cancer drug may reduce kidney damage linked to nail-patella syndrome
Researchers led by Dr. Ralph Witzgall, a professor at the Chair of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy at the University of Regensburg, have deciphered a key disease mechanism underlying the hereditary kidney disorder nail-patella ...
