Last update:

Medical research news

Medical research

AI and advanced data metrics are forging a new era in cancer research

A new project by a team of researchers across the nation analyzes the ways in which digitized health data, artificial intelligence models and other recent technological advancements have changed how cancers are diagnosed, ...

Medical research

A million veterans gave DNA to aid health research: Scientists worry the data will be wasted

One of the world's biggest genetic databases comprises DNA data donated over the years by more than a million retired military service members. It's part of a project run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Medical research

Researchers link CAR-T cell aging to cancer relapse

Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a key reason some cancer patients relapse after receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR-T cell therapy. Over time, the engineered immune cells age and lose their ...

Medical research

New AI model could help scientists pinpoint signs of cancer cells

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) reports its latest AI model aimed at helping researchers better understand how cells behave by focusing on the key networks that control cell behavior, making complex biological problems, ...

Medical research

A new drug could soon help treat cancer and viral infections

An international team of researchers led by Konstanz biologists has identified a molecular mechanism that regulates the activity of N-myristoyltransferases. This enzyme plays a role in biological signaling pathways, where ...

Medical research

When stem cells feel the squeeze, they start building bone

In a discovery that could reshape approaches to regenerative medicine and bone repair, researchers have found that human stem cells can be prompted to begin turning into bone cells simply by squeezing through narrow spaces.

Medical research

Tackling the hurdle of tumor formation in stem cell therapies

Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are a type of stem cell capable of developing into various cell types. Over the past few decades, scientists have been working towards the development of therapies using PSCs. Thanks to their ...

Medical research

Radio waves from mobile phones do not affect cognition: Study

A World Health Organization-commissioned systematic review finds that radio wave exposure from mobile phones does not affect learning, memory, attention span and other cognitive functions like coordination. The work is published ...

Medical research

Clinical trials: A significant part of cancer care

A cancer diagnosis is an emotional experience. Learning that you have cancer can create feelings of hopelessness, fear and sadness. This is especially true if your cancer is advanced or available treatments are unable to ...

Medical research

Blood flow makes waves across the surface of the mouse brain

Researchers have, for the first time, visualized the full network of blood vessels across the cortex of awake mice, finding that blood vessels rhythmically expand and contract, leading to "waves" washing across the surface ...

Medical research

Making evidence go further in health science research

Health science research could benefit from pairing two unique methods of study, argue SFI External Professor Ross Hammond and Sharin Barkin in a May 15 perspective published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...

Medical research

Study points to new combination strategy for pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common form of pancreatic cancer and is projected to become the second-leading cause of cancer-related death by 2030. Although progress has been made in improving outcomes, ...