https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A technique that transforms immune cells into cancer-seeking bloodhounds may overcome a roadblock that has hampered immunotherapy for solid tumors, according to a new study by Stanford Medicine researchers. The approach equips certain types of immune cells with proteins on their surfaces that can recognize byproducts of cancer cells' abnormal metabolism diffusing in the spaces between cells and stimulates the immune cells to migrate toward the tumor. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-immune-cell-bloodhounds-track-cancer.html Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:40:04 EDT news693569343 Machine learning techniques can provide an assumption-free analysis of epidemic case data with surprisingly good prediction accuracy and the ability to dynamically incorporate the latest data, a new KAUST study has shown. The proof of concept developed by Yasminah Alali, a student in KAUST's 2021 Saudi Summer Internship (SSI) program, demonstrates a promising alternative approach to conventional parameter-driven mechanistic models that removes human bias and assumptions from analysis and shows the underlying story of the data. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-machine-learning-techniques-evolution-epidemic.html Mon, 18 Apr 2022 09:27:34 EDT news569492852 Loss of myelin—the fatty substance that surrounds the axons of nerve cells—is one of the reasons nerve cells fail to recover after injury and in some diseases. Myelin acts like insulation, covering the long axon threads that enable high-speed communication between neurons. Without myelin, the neurons may not be able to coordinate well, leading to less than optimal function. In new research from the laboratory of Zhigang He, Ph.D., of the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, scientists discovered a two-pronged approach to restore myelin on regenerated axons in a mouse model of optic nerve injury. Their findings may have implications for disease associated with myelin loss, like multiple sclerosis (MS). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-strategies-myelin-nerve-cells.html Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:20:02 EST news523872845 The Marshall University School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Genomics Core, recently released a new study that explores human T cell function under inflammatory conditions. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-07-inflammatory-biomarkers-cells.html Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:17:30 EDT news452171834 (AP) -- Getting AIDS test results from labs to remote villages once took weeks in Mozambique, with the information sent by courier along the impoverished country's terrible roads. The delay could mean death. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-aids-africa.html Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:10:35 EDT news253275007