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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 ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
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?

Jan 26, 2026 in Radiology & Imaging
Medical Xpress / Single gene found to influence gut bacteria balance and IBD susceptibility

Two recent studies from the University of California, Riverside, published in the same issue of Gut Microbes highlight the role of a gene called PTPN2 in protecting the gut from harmful bacteria linked to inflammatory bowel ...

Jan 24, 2026 in Gastroenterology
Medical Xpress / HIV resistance to lenacapavir weakens the virus's ability to replicate

Lenacapavir (LEN) is an antiviral medication used to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS and was first approved for individuals with drug-resistant infections in 2022. While there is still no vaccine for the virus, the twice-yearly ...

Jan 23, 2026 in HIV & AIDS
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 ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Robotics
Medical Xpress / AI tools improve diagnostics and patient outcome prediction in resource-limited health care settings

After a cardiac arrest, families and doctors are often faced with agonizing uncertainty about a patient's chances of recovery. This uncertainty is even greater in hospitals with limited resources, where access to advanced ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Health informatics
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 ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Biomedical technology
Phys.org / Cleaner air is (inadvertently) harming the Great Barrier Reef

Air pollution is now recognized as one of the greatest threats to human health, contributing to an estimated 4.2 million premature deaths in 2019, according to the World Health Organization.

Jan 24, 2026 in Earth
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 ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Immunology
Phys.org / Practice using bags and lunchboxes: How to build your child's confidence as they start school

Starting school is a big moment in a child's life. It is a time filled with new routines, new people and new places. These changes can also mean it is sometimes a stressful time. But it doesn't have to be.

Jan 26, 2026 in Other Sciences
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 ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / How NASA is homing in from space on ocean debris

In late 2025, scientists reported that for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on land using NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) sensor aboard the International ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Earth