HIV & AIDS
Finding clues to a functional HIV cure
George Mason University's Yuntao Wu is the lead scientist on a research team that has identified a measurable indicator that could prove instrumental in the fight against HIV.
Feb 8, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Neuronal cytoskeletons involved in Alzheimer's disease
A researcher at the UPV/EHU participated in a study describing the loss of dynamics and subsequent impairment of the dendritic spines in Alzheimer's disease. Dendritic spines are the compartments of neurons responsible for ...
Jan 18, 2019
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Medical research
Scientists identify cofilin, a protein linked to Alzheimer's, as key to molecular motors
(Medical Xpress) -- A protein that has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease and cancer is at the center of groundbreaking research by a team of Colorado State University scientists. The team found that the protein, called ...
Mar 14, 2012
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Neuroscience
Cofilin may be early culprit in tauopathy process leading to brain cell death
The two primary hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease are clumps of sticky amyloid-beta (Aβ) protein fragments known as amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of a protein called tau. Abnormal accumulations of both proteins ...
May 14, 2019
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