Over a hundred years after they were first identified, two ominous signposts of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remain central topics of research—both formed by sticky accumulations of protein in t... Read more
A research team at Dartmouth College has developed a new strategy for drug discovery and development that can be used to produce targeted therapies against diseases such as cancer and neurod... Read more
New research from Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet shows that viruses interact with proteins in the biological fluids of their host which results in a layer of proteins on the... Read more
UMSOM Researchers Discovered that Pigment-Producing Stem Cells Can Help Regenerate Vital Part of Nervous System Neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) affect millions of peo... Read more
A new drug delays motor neurone disease progression and improves cognitive and clinical symptoms according to recently released trial results. A new drug developed by scientists at the Flore... Read more
DGIST’s research Team has clarified the fundamentals of coiled toxin protein which causes neurodegenerative brain disorders A research team led by Professor Sung Bae Lee of Brain and Cogniti... Read more
The antibiotic minocycline increases the lifespan of aged roundworms and prevents the buildup of proteins, revealing a protective mechanism that could be exploited therapeutically to help pr... Read more
Team joins national network focused on neurodegenerative disorders Scientists who recently identified the molecular start of Alzheimer’s disease have used that finding to determine that it s... Read more
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common incurable neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease. It is characterised by the accumulation of protein deposits in dopam... Read more
Zombie cells are the ones that can’t die but are equally unable to perform the functions of a normal cell. These zombie, or senescent, cells are implicated in a number of age-related d... Read more
Faulty brain plumbing to blame in Alzheimer’s, age-related memory loss — and can be fixed Aging vessels connecting the brain and the immune system play critical roles in both Alz... Read more
