Scientists have identified a molecule that can prevent tangling of a brain protein that is linked to diseases such as Parkinson's. The findings may provide insights into new ways of treating or diagnosing the early stages ...
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Under normal circumstances, tau protein is part of the brain's infrastructure, important for stabilizing neurons into their proper shapes. But sometimes tau gets knotted up into tangles and turns toxic, injuring brain tissue ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Tumor vaccines can help the body fight cancer. These vaccines alert the patient's immune system to proteins that are carrying cancer-typical alterations.
Sep 21, 2023
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A study published in PNAS Nexus identifies a molecule that may be behind cognitive symptoms, including "brain fog," experienced by those infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Sep 20, 2023
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Evolution is usually equated with advancement, but the most useful biological innovations aren't always found in the "highest" organisms.
Aug 31, 2023
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Prenatal exposure to viruses capable of infecting the fetal brain, particularly in the first trimester, can cause a range of developmental defects in the baby. The Zika epidemic in Brazil during 2015–16 posed an extreme ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered the regenerative capabilities of injured cellular protrusions from dormant neural stem cells (NSCs) in fruit flies. Published in Developmental Cell, the findings establish ...
Aug 8, 2023
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Yulan Xiong, assistant professor of neuroscience at UConn Health, and her team have discovered that a regulator compound holds the potential to treat Parkinson's disease.
Aug 1, 2023
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A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University revealed that the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be slowed by suppressing a specific protein in the brain that causes corrosion.
Jul 24, 2023
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified proteomic changes associated with forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In a paper, "Proteomics of brain, CSF, and blood identifies molecular ...
