Alzheimer’s disease destroys brain cells in part by promoting the formation of insoluble clumps that contain a protein called tau.
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Key differences in young, older people’s immune cells attributed to environment
Discoveries by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators may help explain why older people’s immune systems often don’t work so
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Implantable islet cells come with their own oxygen supply: Device could help insulin-producing cells live longer after transplant and improve treatment of type 1 diabetes
Since the 1960s, researchers have been interested in the possibility of treating type 1 diabetes by transplanting islet cells —
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Glowing contact lens could prevent a leading cause of blindness: Worn during sleep, the lens interrupts process that destroys cells of the retina
Hundreds of millions of people suffer from diabetes worldwide, putting them at risk for a creeping blindness, or diabetic retinopathy,
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Pathways to spatial recognition
When you are lost or disoriented, your brain uses cues from your surroundings — landmarks both near and far —
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Protein can slow intestinal tumor growth
A new mechanism for regulating stem cells in the intestine of fruit flies has been discovered by researchers at Stockholm
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T cell antigen receptors act alone: Longstanding immunological mystery solved
They protect us from the onslaught of bacteria and viruses and also from cancer: T cells are an indispensable part
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Painkillers in pregnancy may affect baby’s future fertility
Taking painkillers during pregnancy could affect the fertility of the unborn child in later life, research suggests. The study identifies
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Large aggregates of ALS-causing protein might actually help brain cells: UNC School of Medicine scientists add to evidence that small aggregates of SOD1 protein are the brain-cell killing culprits in ALS, but the formation of larger, more visible, and fibril-like aggregates of the same protein may protect brain cells
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have made a significant advance in the understanding of the complex and fatal
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Grafted brain organoids provide insight into neurological disorders
Many neurological disorders — Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism, even depression — have lagged behind in new therapies. Because the brain is
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