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Medical Xpress / Data highlight progress toward personalized stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease
Interim clinical findings from the first Phase I/IIa trial using autologous-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived dopamine neuron precursor cells, along with the novel quality-control tools developed to manufacture ...
Medical Xpress / New clinical data advances stem cell-based cell therapy for Parkinson's disease
New clinical data from the STEM-PD Phase I/II clinical trial have been presented at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting. The study reports 12-month outcomes evaluating a cryopreserved, off-the-shelf dopaminergic progenitor cell ...
Phys.org / 40.7 C heat shatters Barcelona record amid Spain's latest heat wave
Barcelona registered a maximum temperature of 40.7°C (105.3°F) on Wednesday, its highest figure in 112 years of records, weather agencies said as another heat wave struck Spain.
Medical Xpress / Researchers expand plasmonic liquid biopsy platform to early-stage colorectal cancer
A research team led by Minyoung Lee and Sunggyu Park of The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) Bio & Health Materials Research Division has developed a plasmonic-based liquid biopsy platform capable of ultrasensitive ...
Medical Xpress / New data highlight off-the-shelf iPSC-derived CAR T-cell therapy for treatment-resistant systemic sclerosis
New preliminary clinical data presented at ISSCR 2026 evaluated an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived CAR T-cell therapy for patients with treatment-resistant systemic sclerosis, a rare autoimmune disease with high ...
Medical Xpress / Does a person's neighborhood impact their risk of pancreatic cancer?
A new Yale-led study published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum is the first to examine the overall relationship between pancreatic cancer and neighborhood-level socioeconomic factors.
Medical Xpress / Proportion of ED visits for suspected suicide down from 2021 to 2025
From 2021 to 2025, the overall proportion of emergency department (ED) visits for suspected suicide attempts among all ED visits for any reason decreased, with the largest declines seen among adolescents and females, according ...
Phys.org / Uncovering the secrets of the basking shark's bizarre skin
New research reveals the unusual shape, size and pattern of the dermal denticles that cover basking sharks—thought to be unique to this species. Researchers propose that the shape and arrangement of the skin's scales protect ...
Medical Xpress / Data demonstrate 1-year survival of stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells in patients with retinitis pigmentosa
New, previously unpublished clinical data have been presented at ISSCR 2026 demonstrating that transplanted human neural progenitor cells survived for at least one year following subretinal transplantation in patients with ...
Medical Xpress / The power of conversation post-childbirth: Midwife-led birth debrief strengthens perinatal mental health
A new study from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that a structured, midwife-led birth debrief can significantly strengthen women's emotional well-being after childbirth and can be built into routine maternity care.
Tech Xplore / Researchers use Geoguessr champion to test geolocation accuracy in VLMs
The house in the distance, with a red, hip-shaped roof and white walls, tells Radu Casapu that this place is probably somewhere in Spain or Portugal. The surrounding trees resemble those of a eucalyptus forest, which could ...
Medical Xpress / Building trust: Relationship between nurses and parents plays vital role in caring for medically fragile infants
Trust between nurses and parents plays a central role in effectively caring for medically fragile infants (MFIs) and supports parental well-being and infant development, according to a new study led by Lyndsay MacKay, an ...
