The research, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and published Jan. 21 in Nature, showed that deoxyhypusine ...

About a quarter of the Israeli soldiers killed in the war in Gaza had their sperm retrieved after death.

A Cedars-Sinai study shows that spinal cord astrocytes, long thought to be passive support cells, actively coordinate cleanup ...

A routine takeaway order led to a shocking medical emergency for 23-year-old medical student Alex Warwick, who suddenly ...

Southern Charm’s Austen Kroll shared a look at his first interaction with Madison LeCroy and Brett Randle’s daughter, Teddi.

Researchers are investigating the role of non-coding DNA, or junk DNA, in regulating astrocytes, brain cells involved in Alzheimer's disease.

A breakthrough new Alzheimer’s disease treatment is stopping neurodegeneration in its tracks, even before symptoms appear. The experimental drug, called NU-9, has been showing these radical results in ...

Scientists have engineered a nanowire platform that mimics brain tissue to study astrocytes, the star-shaped cells critical for brain health, for the first time in their natural state. Astrocytes are ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the brains of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and preserves cognitive function ...

The link between Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid plaques is well documented, with innumerable studies exploring techniques and therapies to inhibit plaque formation, preventing development or ...

Move over, amyloid, reactive astrocytes and activated microglia may be the main drivers of the Alzheimer’s disease pathological cascade. In the November 6 Nature Neuroscience, scientists led by Pedro ...