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Medical Xpress / Discrimination is linked to diminished immune system function
People who commonly experience everyday discrimination are more likely to have higher levels of "exhausted" white blood cells, suggesting that the chronic stress of discrimination may hamper the immune system, according to ...
Medical Xpress / Optimized solvent conditions improve drug retention and targeting in lymph node metastasis
Optimizing drug delivery to the lymphatic system is essential for effective cancer treatment, as lymph node (LN) metastasis is a critical factor influencing patient prognosis. A research team led by Professor Tetsuya Kodama ...
Medical Xpress / What to know about breast self-awareness and how it fits into cancer prevention
What does it mean to have breast self-awareness?
Phys.org / Remote sensing model enables early detection of vole outbreaks in Spanish farmlands
Researchers at the Regional Service for Agri-Food Research and Development (SERIDA) have developed a new large-scale remote sensing model that will enable comprehensive, high-resolution monitoring of fossorial water vole ...
Medical Xpress / Soft biodegradable implants enable long-distance, wide-angle internal body sensing
In a study published in Nature, a team led by Prof. Su Yewang from the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with Dr. Li Shuang from Tsinghua University and Prof. Yu Xinge from City University of ...
Medical Xpress / Tennessee fungus outbreak sickens 35, kills 1, and is linked to soil exposure
Tennessee health officials are investigating a cluster of infections tied to a fungus found in soil, after at least 35 people became sick. One death is under review. The illness, called histoplasmosis, affects the lungs and ...
Medical Xpress / Li-Fraumeni syndrome: How the immune system may shape inherited cancer risk
Li-Fraumeni syndrome is a rare hereditary disease that significantly increases the risk of developing cancer. Almost all affected individuals receive a cancer diagnosis at least once in their lifetime. A new study suggests ...
Medical Xpress / To ensure success, consumers' nutrition literacy levels should factor into FDA's new front-of-package labeling
As the FDA moves to finalize a rule requiring front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labels on most packaged foods and beverages in the US, new research suggests that while the proposed "Nutrition Info Box," showing levels of saturated ...
Medical Xpress / In rare cases, autoantibodies can cause severe reactions to a discontinued Chikungunya vaccine
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that rare cases of brain inflammation linked to live-attenuated yellow fever and Chikungunya vaccines were due to autoantibodies carried ...
Tech Xplore / Unpredictable movements of autonomous robots can increase human discomfort
A research team from the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory and the Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit at Toyohashi University of Technology investigated how the movements of autonomous mobile robots influence human emotional ...
Phys.org / Crime victims with neurodevelopmental disorders may experience victim blaming
A recent study shows that people judge crime victims with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome) based on both the type of disability and the type of crime. These factors also ...
Medical Xpress / Radiotherapy may spur cancer growth at distant sites in CD14-high tumors
Scientists at the National Taiwan University Cancer Center and National Taiwan University Hospital have shed light on rare but important situations where radiotherapy to one tumor is accompanied by cancer growth or metastasis ...
